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<'()L<>XKT. MATTHIAS CKOWLEV 



RECOLLECTIONS 
OF A RECRUIT 



An Official History of the 
Fifty-Fourth U. S. Infantry 



Compiled by 

GREGORY MABRY 

Chaplain of the Regiment 






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DEDICATED 

to those who followed the 

Great Example 
in paying the price on War's 
cross that other men might live 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Page 
Chapter I. A New Child of the Old Army. 

Chickamauga 1 

Chapter II. Intensive Training With Magic 

Results — W adsworth 25 

Chapter III. First Steps on Foreign Soil. 

Haute Marne 47 

Chapter IV. Helping to Right An Old Wrong. 

Alsace 61 

Chapter V. Through Mud to Victory. 

Meuse-Argonne 87 

Chapter VI. Through More Mud to Rest. 

Early Armistice Period 103 

Chapter VII. What Happened While Waiting. 

Later Armistice Period Ill 

Chapter VIII. Our Record Passing in Review 141 

Our Roll of Honor 148 

Orders of Commendation 151 

Itinerary of the Regiment 175 

Roster of the Regiment 179 



PREFACE 

This modest attempt at recomiting the his- 
tory of our Regiment is far from the perfec- 
tion we would wish it to possess. While the 
orders, dates and places have been carefully 
verified, we feel that the work is still lacking 
in the finish we should like to have given it. 
Actually written down in the rough, in less 
than a week, mostly while preparing in haste 
to leave Germany for America, we have not 
had the time to heap upon the work the care 
which such an undertaking would justify. 
But, in the main, we hope that we have set 
down the Regiment's accomplishments in a 
readable manner, breathing, if possible, some 
of the atmosphere peculiar to the doughboy 
into the situations recounted; thus making the 
history, we trust, more than the recital of a 
few dry facts. 

Comparatively speaking, we have employed 
but few names of individual officers and men, 
feeling, as we do, that all shared in some de- 
gree the attainments reached. Trained and led 
b}^ Colonel Crowlej'- through its entire exist- 
ence, it is to be expected that the Regiment 
would bear some of his characteristics. It has 
come to be more than locally famed in the A. 
E. F. for its energy, precision and ingenuity — 
and those are the marks placed upon it by its 
Commanding Officer and worked out by the 



various members of the official and enlisted 
personnel. In short, our reputation for accom- 
plishments in field or billet belongs to no one 
person or group of persons, but to the whole 
body. 

May I take this opportunity of thanking, in 
the name of the Regiment, my collaborators. 
Sergeant Raymond R. Rychener, Corporal 
William E. Dieirhoi and Private First Class 
Paul C. Cooke. They really wrote the book. 
I have acted more in the capacity of the "pro- 
moter" and reviser. To Regimental Sergeant 
Major Hugh E. Sharpe much gratitude is due 
for the carefully kept diary which he placed at 
our disposal. To the many others of the Regi- 
ment who gave us information we are also 
greatly indebted. 

G. M. 
Adenau, 
Westphalia, 
Germany. 
May 21st, 1919. 



CHAPTER I 

A NEW CHILD OF THE OLD ARMY. 

Chickamauga. 



'If a man doesn't work, wky, Me drills 'im an' teaches 'im 
'ow to behave — "' 



ALTHOUGH the Fifty-Fourth Infantry 
is not an old regiment, counting from 
the actual date of its organization, it is 
the direct descendant of one of the oldest regi- 
ments in the Regular Army. The Sixth In- 
fantry, from which the Fifty-Fourth sprung, 
was organized in 1812 and saw active service in 
the second war with England. In the Mexican 
War it was under the command of General 
Zachary Taylor, who later became President 
of the United States. On the 16th of March, 
1916, it again crossed the Mexican border as 
a part of the American Punitive Expedition. 
It was a regiment of the Eighth Infantry 
Brigade, which brigade was commanded by 
General Pershing. It was the first regiment 
to cross the border, and penetrated farther into 
the interior than any other. 

General Order Number 62, War Depart- 
ment, May 14th, 1917, provided for the organ- 
ization of the Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth 
Infantry regiments from the Sixth Infantry. 

1 



2 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

At that time the Regiment was at Fort Bliss, 
Texas. On ^lay 18th it entrained for Chick- 
amauga Park, Georgia, and arrived there on 
May 22nd. A letter of instinictions providing 
for the transfer of one-third of the personnel 
of the Regiment to form the Fifty-Fourth In- 
fantry was received on May 30th, and a tele- 
gram from the same Headquarters on June 
16th was the command of execution. It was 
complied with in Regimental General Order 
Number 75, June 16, 1917, Headquarters 
Sixth Infantry. Thirteen officers had been 
transferred to the Fifty-Fourth from the Sixth 
on May 25th, in compliance with telegraphic 
instructions from the War Department, dated 
May 23rd, 1917. As there was no actual exist- 
ence of the Fifty-Fourth Infantry at that time, 
these officers were attached to the Sixth until 
June 16th. 

Major Matthias Crowley, the senior officer 
of the new regiment, had commanded the 
Third Battalion of the Sixth Infantry in 
Mexico. He now assumed command of the 
Fifty-Fourth Infantry, and in General Orders 
Number 1, attached the officers present for 
duty as follows: 

Captain Fauntley M. Miller, commanding 
First Battalion. 

First I^ieutenant Thomas H. Monroe, com- 
manding Second Battalion. 

Captain C. R. W. Morrison, commanding 
Third Battalion. 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 3 

First Lieutenant Paul J. McDonnell, Act- 
ing Regimental Unit Supply Officer. 

First Lieutenant Charles P. Stivers, Acting 
Adjutant, and Commanding Headquarters 
Company and Machine Gun Company. 

The first morning report showed a strength 
of 6 officers, 633 enlisted men present; 8 offi- 
cers and 12 enlisted men absent; total, 14 offi- 
cers and 645 enlisted men. It must have been 
a confused scene in those orderly rooms, with 
the first sergeants and company clerks of the 
three regiments working on separate morning 
reports. No doubt the three "top kickers" 
fought over the best chair, while the company 
clerks quarreled over the typewriter. Very 
likely the company commanders vied with each 
other in wreathing smoke rings from their 
cigars. 

Out in the barracks the men who had hither- 
to been pals in one regiment, but now were 
divided into three, were probably boasting of 
the merits of their respective organizations. 
The Sixth could boast of what it h^ done, and 
the Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth could boast 
of what they were going to do. 

As barracks for the new regiments were un- 
available at that time the Fifty-Fourth con- 
tinued to be rationed and quartered with the 
Sixth Infantry. They were stationed on Rin- 
gold Road, which led from the Park to Chat- 
tanooga. Chickamauga is one of the most 
beautiful as well as one of the most historic 



4 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

parks in America. It was the scene of severe 
fighting in the Civil War. Here the famous 
"Battle Above the Clouds" on Lookout Moun- 
tain was fought, while on the plains below an- 
other great battle was staged. The hills, the 
fields, the woods are dotted with monuments 
placed there by States of the North and South 
in honor of their heroes. Hundreds of old field 
pieces are still in the same position they occu- 
pied in battle. Signs point out the positions 
held by the various brigades and regiments, 
every State seems to be represented. The Park 
is owned by the Government and everything is 
splendidly preserved. 

Separate drill schedules were now made out 
for the "three-in-one" regiments. While the 
Sixth stood Reveille on one side of the street, 
the Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth held the same 
formation on the other. When Reveille was 
over they all went to breakfast together. The 
barracks were also divided among the three, 
but in a few days the infant regiments were 
living a career all their own. 

On June 18th the three regiments moved to 
a new cantonment in Brotherton Field, south 
of the Dyer Road. The older men were 
familiar with these names, but those who came 
to the Fifty-Fourth at Camp Wadsworth will 
need a map to orientate themselves. The pre- 
y'ious system of rationing and quartering con- 
tinued in use here. The Mess Sergeants in the 
Fiftv-Fourth were sitting on the world, with 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 5 

nothing" to do but eat and criticise the Sixth's 
chow. Bucks who became homesick for the 
old Company were allowed to do an occasional 
K. P., which, no doubt, prevented many from 
going A. W. O. L. across the street. 

Those were easy days — the "good old days" 
which the oldtimers like to recall. Intensive 
training, in preparation for the Great War, 
had not yet appeared on the bill-of-fare, al- 
though it was due in the near future. Drill 
hours were at the minimum, which kept pleas- 
ure at the maximum. Saturday and Sunday 
passes to Chattanooga were to be had for the 
asking, and many a promising young romance 
had its beginning there. Buck privates prom- 
enaded the streets in uniforms that fitted like 
those seen on fashion plates. Smart cufF leg- 
gins encased their nether limbs, in place of the 
spiral substitutes which are forever inclined 
to unwind from the legs of the A. E. F. The 
overseas cap had not yet been issued to cascade 
rain down the face and neck. Soldiers at that 
time were just plentiful enough to be of at- 
traction to the fair sex without necessitating a 
great number of M. P.'s. The Officers' Train- 
ing Schools had not yet turned out their thou- 
sands to monopolize the ladies and demand 
salutes. Back in the good old days it was a 
cinch to be a soldier. 

While the Fifty-Fourth was living with the 
Sixth, new barracks were springing up all over 
the Park. The fields became building^ sites, 



6 CHICKAxMAUGA PARK 

and many acres of woods were cleared to make 
room for more. The Park had long been the 
site of Fort Oglethorpe, but now Camp For- 
rest came into existence. 

By the first of July enough barracks had 
been erected to accommodate a large number 
of troops. Accordingly, on July 2nd, 1917, 
the Fifty-Fourth moved into quarters of its 
own, on both sides of La Fayette Road at the 
southern end of Brotherton Field. After five 
days spent in arranging its new home, the Regi- 
ment began to be rationed separately. Parted 
at last from the mother regiment, it took its 
place as a unit of the American Arm}^ fully 
able to assume its own responsibilities. Vigor- 
ous activity has marked it from the very be- 
ginning, and the determination to do its own 
share has always been one of its characteristics. 

Recruits were assigned to the Regiment 
from time to time in July, bringing the total 
strength up to 1,397 enlisted men. More re- 
cruits were received in August, but the gain 
was somewhat offset by the transfer of 81 men 
to the Replacement Battalion of the Twenty- 
Sixth Infantry, organized at Fort Oglethorpe. 

The great increase in strength created a 
necessity for more non-commissioned officers. 
As a result, many of the original members were 
promoted. Having had experience with the 
Sixth in Mexico and in numerous camps, they 
^vere well fitted for the task of training re- 
cruits. The discipline of the Regiment today 




MAJOR GENERAL WALTER H. GORDON 
COMMANDING DIVISION. 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 7 

is a compliment to the work these men did then, 
for they built the foundation upon which the 
structure stands. 

Many of the older non-commissioned officers 
were sent to the Officers' Training Schools in 
various part of the country. Some of them 
were reassigned to the Fifty-Fourth after hav- 
ing obtained their commissions, but most of 
them went to other units. 

The number of officers present was material- 
ly increased by the addition of all (?) Tem- 
porary Second Lieutenants in the Regiment 
and of 22 Second Lieutenants of the Officers" 
Reserve Corps. More enlisted men were also 
assigned, bringing the total strength up to 
1,509 enlisted men, with 55 officers assigned 
and attached present, and 12 officers absent. In 
view of its later strength, this does not seem 
like a very great number, but when "Officers' 
Call" brought them all together they made 
quite a showing, and when they all began func- 
tioning at once on the drill field it became an 
extremely busy place. 

Major Crowlej^ the commanding officer of 
the Fifty-Fourth, had been promoted to the 
rank of Lieutenant- Colonel shortly after the 
organization of the Regiment. On August 
5th he was again promoted, and was now a 
Colonel. To him belongs the credit of organiz- 
ing the Regiment and of bringing it through 
its period of infancy, as well as many other 



8 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

later periods which required untiring effort, 
and more than ordinary skill. 

Close order drill comprised the schedule 
during those months. It was carried out with 
wonderful results, as the appearance of the 
men soon attested. In a short time they were 
snapping into their work with the precision of 
old soldiers. They drilled hard, for the term 
"recruit" was considered a sort of stigma and 
every man was anxious to get past that stage. 

Shortly before the first of September, an 
order came for the transfer of 122 men to the 
Eightieth Division, at Camp Lee, Virginia. 
Sergeants were transferred with recommenda- 
tions for first sergeants, and corporals with 
recommendations for sergeants. 

At this time also the First Liberty Loan was 
inaugurated, and the sale of bonds was being 
pushed in every State. Opportunity was now 
given the soldiers to secure some of the bonds. 
During the month of October a most success- 
ful campaign was inaugurated at Camp For- 
rest. Competition between companies and 
regiments was encouraged by bulletins, 
speeches and meetings. Officers and men buy- 
ing bonds were permitted to wear a badge 
which proclaimed the fact that the wearer was 
a purchaser of a Liberty Bond. The Fifty- 
Fourth went over the top, and at the Saturday 
inspections there was scarcely a man who did 
not have his button to attract the inspector's 
eye. The total value of the bonds bought by 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 9 

the Regiment was $161,000, or $107.41 per 
capita. This broke all records in Camp For- 
rest. Many men today have these bonds salted 
down in a good bank at home, where they could 
not be gotten at for the purpose of gratifying 
the tastes peculiar to a soldier. Others who 
bought no bonds are now wishing they had 
done so. 

During the remainder of the year no more 
reciiiits were received. Losses by transfer 
continued. One hundred and thirty-eight men 
were transferred to the Second, Third and 
Fifth Division Trains. Just as the Fifty- 
Fourth was organized from another regiment, 
other regiments seemed to be organized in turn 
from it. 

Prior to November 29th, Thanksgiving Day, 
1917, the Regiment had been organized on a 
peace basis. On that date instructions were re- 
ceived to reorganize on a new war basis, and 
the Regiment was placed in the Twelfth 
Brigade of the Sixth Division. The organiza- 
tion of other units in the Brigade and Division 
was the cause for many transfers. Four hun- 
dred and fifty-six enlisted men and 10 officers 
were sent from the Fifty-Fourth to the Six- 
teenth and Eighteenth Machine Gun Bat- 
talions. Thus only 863 enlisted men remained 
as the strength of the Regiment, but the num- 
ber of the officers increased greatly throughout 
the Fall. Many of the Reserve Corps lieu- 
tenants were given Provisional Conunissions 



10 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

as second lieutenants and assigned to the Regi- 
ment for duty. Other officers reported from 
courses of instruction at the Army Service 
Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Five 
captains, forty-four first lieutenants and thirty 
second lieutenants of the National Army re- 
ported. The number of officers now reached 
125, 35 of whom were assigned, 90 attached, 
and 12 absent. 

The frequent changes in organization handi- 
capped the instructors in adapting the new 
features of modern warfare which were taken 
up when the Regiment was placed on a war 
basis. A lack of certain equipment existed 
also, but the work went on very creditably. 
Many schools specializing in the various 
features were established under the super- 
vision of officers who had attended Army 
Service Schools. Selected officers and non- 
conamissioned officers were taught the science 
of modern bayonet fighting, the use of hand 
grenades, map sketching and reading, clock 
systems and many other features. Intensive 
training took the place of the old schedule. A 
portion of the day was devoted to setting-up 
exercises for the purpose of hardening the men 
for future trials. The drill field became a 
scene of hustling activity. Groups of men 
dotted the field, each intent upon their particu- 
lar line of study. Some were charging a line 
of dummies in a realistic imitation of a bayonet 
fight, others were throwing hand-grenades at 




P.RIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES B. ERWIN. ORGANIZER OF 
SIXTH DIVISION AND COMMANDER OP TWELFTH BRI- 
GADE. A GREAT FAVORITE WITH THE FIFTY-FOURTH. 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 11 

lines, reminding one of boyish games, like 
pitching pennies at a crack in the sidewalk. 
Another group was gathered about an officer 
who was teaching them to designate targets by 
the horizontal clock, while still another was 
scattered about, sketching maps. A few squads 
of recruits doubled back and forth on the field, 
swinging on their respective pivots like barn 
doors. They were learning the first essentials 
of being a soldier. The only men unaffected 
by the new order of things were the buglers. 
From their customary haunt in the edge of the 
wood they took leisurely turns at filling the air 
with unearthly blasts and discordant notes. 

A few weeks of these activities produced 
amazing changes in the men: Frequent ad- 
dresses kept their patriotism at high pitch, and 
the newspaper headlines made them anxious to 
complete their training and meet the Hun in 
battle. The physical exercises did wonders for 
the men. Their chests expanded, their muscles 
hardened, and their appetites took on enormous 
proportions. Mess sergeants and cooks began 
to realize that their days of ease were past, and, 
after a little hesitation, they caught the fever 
too. The meals served were palatable and 
strengthening, and the kitchens were marvels 
of cleanliness and perfection. K. P.'s wielded 
the broom and scrubbing brush until things 
shone like the Knickerbocker Bar. The camp 
became a model among models. Everything 
was run on a system which became more per- 



12 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

feet every day. When Recall was sounded the 
men marched in and washed up for Retreat. 
When supper was over there was plenty of en- 
tertainment provided. Each Company had its 
own recreation room, where books, games, 
music and writing tables were at the disposal 
of the men. Several large Y. M. C. A. build- 
ings, placed conveniently through the 
Camp, were always open to the soldiers. Fre- 
quent concerts were given there by the patriotic 
ladies of Chattanooga. Vocational classes were 
also conducted for anyone who desired to im- 
prove his spare hours. A large building in the 
center of the Camp was kept by the American 
Library Association. An unlimited supply of 
books was available for eager readers. The 
collection was wonderfully complete and satis- 
fied every class of book-worm. In all of its 
travels, the Fifty-Fourth has never found an- 
other place that equaled Camp Forrest, in 
Chickamauga Park. 

Early in December the Regiment hiked to 
Catoosa Springs, Ga., for four days' rifle prac- 
tice. The strength of the companies averaged 
50 men, as a few were left to take care of the 
Camp. Major C. R. W. Morrison was in com- 
mand during the stay at the range. No shoot- 
ing for record was done, but the four days 
were profitably spent in instruction in the use 
of the rifle, as well as in actual rifle practice. 
Few of the men had ever fired the rifle before 
except at very close range, and they were now 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 13 

taught how to adjust their sights properly, 
how to allow for windage, and many other 
things necessary for good marksmanship. At 
the end of the practice period the Regiment 
made the hike back to the Camp in one day, 
which was considered a record in those days. 
But then it had not yet seen France. 

Unusually cold weather and heavy snows 
hindered the drill program for the remainder 
of the 3^ear. Accordingly, indoor instruction 
was given in empty barracks. The course of 
instruction included guard duty, first aid, 
nomenclature of the rifle, and other primary 
lessons from the School of the Soldier. Lec- 
tures by learned Medicos were also heard dur- 
ing these periods, to say nothing of those by 
second lieutenants on Military Courtesy. 
Many times the little blue book was opened at 
the following sentence: 

"Officers and enlisted men will exchange 
courtesies upon every occasion of their meet- 
ing except at games, mess, etc." 

Many an hour, too, when the rain was 
descending in torrents outside, a lively bout 
was staged in the barracks between the boxers 
of different companies. Boxing and wrestling 
became the popular indoor athletics during the 
winter months. 

More officers and non-commissioned officers 
were selected to attend schools of modern war- 
fare. Some of them attended the Infantry 
School of Arms, while others received instruc- 



14 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

tion from officers of the British and French 
MiUtary Missions. These Missions were sent 
over to assist in the training of the American 
Army in the art and methods of modern war. 
They were composed of men from the French 
and British Armies who had seen service on the 
great battleground of Europe. Some were as- 
signed to Army Service Schools, some to Offi- 
cers' Training Schools and others to Army or- 
ganizations. One French officer, one British 
officer and a British sergeant major were as- 
signed to the Fifty-Fourth Infantry. They 
conducted bayonet schools, schools for snipers 
and raiding parties, and were of great assist- 
ance in many other ways. Trenches were dug 
and wire entanglements were strung under 
their direction, and many practical demonstra- 
tions of trench warfare given. This was given 
the officers and non-commissioned officers, but 
frequent lectures were also given the men to 
acquaint them, in a measure, with the future 
conditions they would have to face. 

Few leaves were granted for the Christmas 
season, but it was greatly enjoyed, neverthe- 
less. The Park had many theaters and places 
of amusement, where the men could repair for 
pastime. The mail brought in hundreds of 
boxes and gifts daily, and no one was without 
something to remind him that it was Christmas 
time. The soldiers' relatives had permission to 
visit them at all times, and those lacking rela- 
tives could visit "that little girl" in Chat- 
tanooga. 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 15 

The year of 1917 closed with bitter cold 
winds and flurries of snow. As the Medicos 
had ordained that the barrack windows would 
be kept open at night, every available garment 
was piled on the top of the O. D. blankets 
which covered the sleeping soldier. 

When First Call sounded on the morning of 
January 1st, 1918, the Fifty-Fourth Infantry 
tumbled out of its bunks 863 strong, with 138 
officers. It is not certain that all of them 
tumbled out, for a warm bed was a great temp- 
tation to miss Reveille on that cold morning, 
even at the expense of a Sunda}^ K. P. The 
new year opened as the old one had closed — 
very cold, and so continued during January 
and FebiTiary. More officers and non-coms 
were sent to schools of special instruction. In- 
door instruction continued at the Camp while 
the bad weather lasted. 

On February 14th the Regiment moved to 
the barracks formerly occupied by the Seven- 
teenth Infantry. This was necessitated by the 
Sixth Infantry filling up to war strength, and 
requiring the quarters now used by the Fifty- 
Fourth. 

Spacious drill fields were available at the new 
location, and they were fully utilized when win- 
ter began to let go its grip in March. Then 
the program of intensive training was re- 
sumed. A few recruits were received during 
that month and placed under special instructors 
for training. 



16 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

Spring was in full sway by the last of April. 
The drill fields resembled vast lawns, with the 
fresh greenness of the grass and the riotous 
color of the flowers blossoming in the sunlight. 
The woods in the Park again donned their 
verdant foliage and tender buds. Balmy breezes 
blew through the trees and the leaves whis- 
pered over the granite monuments of Civil 
War heroes. The mockingbirds returned from 
their winter exile and filled the air with music. 
The jay birds returned also, and quarreled 
noisily with the chattering squirrels. From a 
secluded nook the buglers joined in the med- 
ley. On the shaded side of Headquarters bar- 
racks the band practiced, each man in a dif- 
ferent key. 

Dummies were built for the bayonet fighters 
to try their skill on, new lines were laid for the 
grenadiers to throw at, and snipers were se- 
lected and began practice on the short range 
target. The drill field became a busier place 
than ever before. First Lieutenant Little 
(later Captain Little) and Lieuteant Daniel 
Harrup of the British Mission had charge of 
the bayonet instruction. While one of them 
was putting a company through the dummies, 
the other had another company going through 
the motions. This bayonet work was so strenu- 
ous that the men were allowed to remove their 
shirts. The machine gunners trooped across 
the field to their favorite spot, carrying their 
heavy guns dismounted and distributed among 




BRIGADIER-GENERAL DURFEE, COMMANDER OF THE 
TWELFTH INFANTRY BRIGADE AFTER THE ARMISTICE. 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 17 

the squads. At that, each man seemed to have 
load enough for a mule. The recruits, under 
Lieutenants Latony and McKoy, drilled, exer- 
cised, or strove to clamber over the high wall 
at the end of the running course back of the 
Regimental Headquarters. Formal guard 
mounts were executed three days in the week, 
with beautiful precision. 

On Saturday mornings the Regiment made 
short hikes with full field equipment. When it 
returned field inspection was always held. 
With the inspection over, it was always a race 
between the companies to see who would get 
packs rolled and off the field first. The com- 
panies double timed off with the band playing 
the Regiment's favorite, "Pop Goes the 
Weasel." The last company took its departure 
to the music of a funeral dirge, or else without 
music. Fire Call was usually blown about the 
time the edge of the field was reached, and the 
doubletiming had to be kept up until the place 
designated for fire drill was reached. Wednes- 
day and Satui'day afternoons of each week 
were holidays, completely unmarred by fatigue 
details. Sunday was a day of rest to be spent 
in any manner the men desired. Church 
services were held by the Chaplain for those 
who desired to attend. 

In addition to the Saturday hikes, Division 
and Brigade practice marches of twelve to fif- 
teen miles with full field equipment were held 
occasionally. Parades and reviews were held 



18 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

also. Night maneuvers were executed on 
Thursday nights. Certain companies were 
designated to represent the enemy, and sent to 
take up their position, which was usually in the 
depth of the woods. Blank ammunition was 
furnished each man. It was like a game of 
blind man's buiF, for the attackers had the task 
of locating and attacking the enemy in 
total darkness. A patrol was sent ahead to ef- 
fect contact and learn the position of the 
enemy. Sometimes it was a runner who brought 
the news of the enemy's position to the 
P. C, but a sudden rattle of rifle shots with 
the accompanying flashes more often an- 
nounced that the enemy had been found. Some- 
times the patrol penetrated the enemy's lines 
without mishap, at other times it walked un- 
suspectingly into a trap and was captured in- 
tact. But whatever the fate of the patrols, a 
great battle was always fought. The woods 
resoLmded with the crash of Springfields as it 
had with the roar of muskets in the Sixties. 
The enemy was charged and killed, captured, 
wounded or taken prisoner, sometimes by an 
easy flanking movement, but always by the ex- 
pending of much blank ammunition. How- 
ever, in this manner problems were worked out 
which can be taught only by practical demon- 
stration, and much good resulted to the Regi- 
ment through these maneuvers. They were en- 
tered into with great enthusiasm by both offi- 
cers and men, who realized that to be able to 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 19 

fight real battles they must first be trained in 
sham ones. 

Baseball became king of sports during 
IMarch and April. Diamonds were laid off, and 
each companj^ organized a team. Many lively 
games between companies were played, but the 
move, which came in ]May, prevented a regular 
schedule from being carried out. 

Boxing continued to be popular and a ring 
was built near Regimental Headquarters, 
where bouts were put on nightty. Generous 
purses were collected from the crowd for the 
boxers. Wrestling bouts were also put on 
occasionally. 

In April a great festival took place in Chat- 
tanooga. Troops paraded through the streets 
led by the band. People from many States had 
gathered for the occasion of the sham battle 
which took place at the outskirts of the city. 
Trenches had been dug and wire entanglements 
strung to make the setting realistic. ]Many 
men from the Fifty-Fourth took part in the 
"battle," while many others were there as spec- 
tators. 

The battle began with a terrific artilleiy 
bombardment. Airplanes streaked across the 
sky, swooping low at times to drop bombs and 
pour a burst of machine gun fire into the 
trenches. They engaged in mock encounters 
with the apparent intention of forcing each 
other down. The artilleiy laid a gas barrage 
on the American lines, and the soldiers donned 



20 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

their eras masks. The American artillery beo^an 
to boom, and the doughboys sprang from their 
trenches and raced for the enemy hnes with 
fixed bayonets. 3Iany of them fell in *'Xo 
Alan's Land." The others rushed on and met 
the Boches on a bridge, where a terrible fight 
was staged, and the Hmis finally yelled 
■'KameradI** The fisfht ended within the Ger- 
man lines, the entire enemv force beingr killed 
or captured. Then the "dead" came to hfe. 
the artillery ceased its ear-sphtting noise and 
the airplanes descended safely to earth. The 
camera man dismoimted his camera and hur- 
ried to the studio. The enormous tlu-ong of 
people dispersed, greatly impressed with the 
day's happemngs. 

All during April many nmiors were in 
circulation to the effect the Regiment was 
oToinor to move. One dav we would hear that 
we were to so to France, the next that the 
destiaation would be Alexico or the Phihppines. 
Few suspected at the time that it would be 
South Carolina, although even that was men- 
tioned later in the month. 

The first week in 3 1 ay was given over to 
packing up preparatory to moving. For the 
first time in months the mechanics were actually 
busy, under the direction of the harassed Sup- 
ply Sergeants. Drill was suspended and every 
one began packing in earnest. Fatigue de- 
tails became numerous and there was no one who 
escaped a share of the work. Everything had 



CHICKAMAUGA PARK 21 

to be boxed, and every box had to be marked 
with the number, weight and Division insignia. 
Instead of the familiar red star, the insignia 
then was a white cross with a circle at the lower 
end. a red center in the circle. Trucks 
hauled the boxes to the station, where they were 
loaded by more fatigue details. Instructions re- 
garding the move posted on the company bulle- 
tin boards stated that full packs would 'be car- 
ried, blouses worn, and overcoats carried on the 
left arm. 

On the morning of Alay 7th the sun rose 
bright and clear. The Commanding Officer 
made a final round of inspection to see that the 
camp was thoroughly pohced up. Company 
streets were reswept until they were as clean 
as they could be made. Packs were rolled and 
the remainder of the morning spent in the last 
preparations for the journey. Recruits newly 
assigned to other regiments arrived and took 
over the barracks. As they were new to the 
ways of the service, they donated freely frcMn 
fuU stocks of cigarettes, which was a great 
help as pay day had been some time past. 

After dinner the Regiment was formed on 
the main street in colimm of squads. The 
order of battahons was First. Second and 
Third, with the band leading. After what 
seemed like a long wait. Colonel Crowlev o-ave 

the order. "Porward *\ the Battahon 

and Company Commanders echoed it 

"Alarchl*' came the command of execution, and 



22 CHICKAMAUGA PARK 

the Fifty-Fourth Infantry stepped off as one 
man. Simultaneously the band struck up 
"Goodbye JNIa, Goodbye Pa" and the steady 
tramp of many feet kept perfect time to the 
beat of "Big Chief's" drimi. 

The column turned to the right when it 
reached LaFa^^ette road, and proceeded toward 
Chattanooga. At the head of the column the 
Colors and Regimental Colors could be seen 
flung proudly to the breeze. As the Regiment 
swung past the barracks on the right the re- 
cruits stopped cheering long enough to render 
the best salute they knew. 

Presently the "Route Step" was given and 
the Regiment proceeded on to the little station 
of Lytic, Georgia, about one mile from Camp, 
The trains waited on sidetracks. No "side- 
door Pullmans"' were these, with the legend 
"Chevaux-8, Hommes-40", but good comfort- 
able American day coaches. The first section 
entrained for Camp Wadsworth, South Caro- 
lina, at 2:30 P. M., May 7th, and the second 
section at 4:20 P. M. of the same day, the third 
following immediately. 

The trains were bearing the Regiment to a 
new camp, where it was to be filled to war 
strength with recruits. The days of organiza- 
tion were over, but the task which now con- 
fronted the new Regiment was fully as great 
as that which it had just successfully accom- 
plished. 




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As the last landmarks of Chickamauga 
Park faded from view the good old days faded 
with them. Xot for a long time was the Fifty- 
Fourth Infantry to run on so smooth a schedule, 
with such leisure at its disposal, amid surround- 
ings so designed for its enjo^Taent. Its days 
of infancy were past and the time was fast 
approaching when it should take its place 
beside other regiments in the zone of battle. 



CHAPTER II 

INTENSIVE TRAINING WITH 
MAGIC RESULTS. 

Wadsworth. 

"Now all you recruities what's drafted today. 

You shut up your rag-box an' 'ark to my lay, 
An' I'll sing you a soldier as far as I may: 
A soldier what's fit for a soldier." 



THE first section bearing men of the 
Fifty-Fourth arrived at Camp Wads- 
worth, South Carohna, at 8:30 A. M., 
]\Iay 8th, 1918. The remaining two sections 
arrived at 10:00 A. M. and 2:30 P. M., re- 
spectively. 

The days following were busy ones, indeed. 
There were a million things to be done, and 
but precious little time to do them in. The 
Regiment had no sooner moved into the Camp 
and hastily performed such tasks as always 
accompany a move, than it had to again leave 
and make preparations to receive and shelter 
in a separate camp for a period of quarantine 
the army of recruits which would begin to 
arrive on the 12th of May. The site chosen 
for the Fifty-Fourth's Detention Camp was a 
cottonfield on the south side of the road, about 
two miles from Spartanburg, South Carolina. 

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26 CAMP WADSWORTH 

Across country it was about a mile from Camp 
Wadsworth. 

It was no easy work, this building of a camp 
with limited time and limited man power. The 
field, run to weeds, and deeply furrowed by 
cultivation, presented an unenviable task, but 
it was set about with the miflinching deter- 
mination which became the inheritance of the 
bigger Fifty-Fourth and has characterized it 
in all of its later accomplishments. The Regi- 
mental Headquarters were established on the 
north side of the road, and mid-distant from 
either confine of the camp site. The Regi- 
mental Tnfimiary was erected on the same side 
of the road, but farther to the east. Then the 
real work of preparing for the recruits began. 

The letter companies were to erect tents and 
be recruited in their alphabetical order. Thus 
A Company began at the extreme eastern limit 
of the field, leveled the gromid, erected squad 
tents, dug drainage ditches — all in feverish 
haste. The Camp of the Fifty- Third Infantry, 
which Regiment had arrived several days be- 
fore, just a quarter of a mile to the east, and 
already recniited to strength, served as an in- 
centive to speeding up the work in the Fifty- 
Fourth. 

On ]May 12th the first trainload of recruits 
arrived from Columbus Barracks. They un- 
loaded at a siding about ^ve miles from Spar- 
tanburg, laden with suitcases and much civil- 
ian equipment, were met by a tinack train — and 



CAMP WADSWORTH 27 

the v»'ork of recruiting the Fifty-Fourth to war 
strength was under way. The new men were 
drafted under a special call for men for Regu- 
lar Army service, as the enhstment process was 
fomid to be too slow to meet the urgent de- 
mand for overseas forces. They hailed, for the 
most part, from the States of Ohio, Illinois, 
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsyl- 
vania and the Carolinas. They came through 
three recruiting stations. Fort Thomas, Ken- 
tucky; Colmnbus Barracks, Ohio, and Fort 
Scrivens, Georgia. From every station and 
walk of life they came. The teacher from his 
school, the student from his books, the farmer 
from his plough, the clerk from his desk, the 
merchant from his business — all were now com- 
ing together, merging their diversified interests 
into a common one, the business of being a sol- 
dier and a good one. It was a big work, even 
in one Regiment, and yet it was but a minute 
affair compared to the immense work going on 
all over the United States. Hmidreds of resi- 
ments were undergoing the experience of 
wholesale recruiting at the same time. 

Xow came busier days than before. Trams 
bearing the potential soldiers arrived at all 
hours of the night, and the reception commit- 
tee of the company which drew them had to 
be on the job. There was httle rest. Arriving 
and departing tiiicks roared their protests 
against the long hours. The drivers, long since 
too tired to protest, kept their seats like a part 



28 CAMP WADSWORTH 

of the machine. Arriving allotments of re- 
cruits were checked, fed, and bestowed in squad 
tents, where the}^ found comfortable spring 
cots, and were initiated into the mysteries of 
the bed-sack, which, when it is filled witli 
straw, affords a fair imitation of a mattress. 
Many and wonderful were the other mysteries 
to which they were soon initiated — all too soon. 
For, with the effects of the first injection of 
the typhoid anti-toxin still upon them, and with 
the heat and strangeness of a new climate add- 
ing to their depression, the squads (and they 
were many) who first learned how many cubic 
feet of earth are removed in the constiaiction 
of a latrine felt that, whatever might come, the 
Army now held no terrors for them. 

Each day now saw a new line of tents, rep- 
resenting a company, and each day saw the 
arrival of ncAv and greener ex-civilians. Each 
day, too, saw the greenness disappearing from 
the earlier arrivals, for from 5:30 A. M. until 
taps they were learning to be soldiers. Most 
any of them can still see themselves lined up in 
the companv street, delivering in two counts a 
"Hand— SALUTE!" And how they im- 
agined that the conscious jerk with which they 
brought the hand away at the command of 
execution was the "snap" the instructor asked 
for! And the "About— FACE !" and the 
zealous attempts at the "Click" on the last ac- 
cent of "'mp'ny, 'ten— SHUN !"— but they 
learned, they had to! They were instructed 



CAMP WADSWORTH 29 

in the School of the Soldier, School of the 
Squad, School of the Platoon and School of 
the Company in varying degrees. They 
sweated over dust-covered fields in more or less 
of a formation, gradually learning the squad 
movements, learning to keep step, and main- 
tain the correct interval and distance. 

It was at the Detention Camp, too, that an- 
other phase of the Army was brought to the 
attention of the men. Many of them had heard 
of it before, but all had a more or less vague 
notion of what it really was. This was the sys- 
tem of War Risk Insurance, by which the sol- 
dier provided for his pension in advance. The 
policies were, for the most part, for five or 
ten thousand dollars, and the extremely low 
rate charged for the risk (from 60 to 70 cents 
per $1000.00 per month) made it a very satis- 
factory arrangement, indeed. The premiums, 
moreover, were deducted from the soldier's pay, 
thus making it an automatic affair. Many, too, 
took advantage of the allotment branch of the 
War Risk Act, whereby $15.00 of their month- 
ly wages were sent to dependent parents, se- 
curing an additional allowance of $10 from the 
Government. The allotment of $15.00 per 
month to the wives in the case of married sol- 
diers was compulsory, but the Government al- 
lowance equaled the allotment, and $10.00 per 
month was added for each child. 

The ten days of quarantine, which was the 
time allotted, had begun to expire for the 



30 CAMP WADSWORTH 

earliest arrivals about the time the necessary 
paper work had been Unished. and the required 
number of anti-toxins had been shot into the 
dinchins" amis of the fresh-corned soldiers. 
Company Headquarters now began to move 
from Camp Cotton, as the Detention Camp 
had been named, back to Camp Wadsworth to 
prepare agam for the reception of recruits. 
For it was learned that all the men would be 
reassigned upon leaving Camp Cotton, and 
that no companies woidd have the same men 
they had been training at the Detention Camp. 
This was o-reatlv regretted both bv the officers 
and men. for the men had become more or less 
acquainted with the officers' methods of in- 
struction, and the officers had learned to know 
the men and had already a basis for the further 
organization of their companies. 

The work of the transfer to the old Camp 
progressed rapidly. Men were assigned from 
Regimental Headquarters in lots of from 15 
to 50, and few of them f oimd themselves in the 
same company and with the officers they had 
learned to know at the Detention Camp. At 
Camp Wadsworth the men foimd a great many 
improvements and facihties which they had 
missed at Camp Cotton. They found the floors 
and walls of their tents boarded: a bath house 
at the far end of the Company street, where 
a refreshing shower at the close of a hard day 
put new life into tired muscles and made a fit- 
ting preparation for a good night's rest (be- 




LIi:rTEN.\NT-» <:»LmNEL FliEF' B. TERRELL. 



CAMP WADSWORTH 31 

fore this the luxury of a bath meant a cross- 
country hike from the Detention Camp) ; but 
best of all, or so many thought, they found a 
well-equipped dining hall at the head of the 
company street, where one might sit at a table 
and partake of well-cooked meals. Many com- 
panies, moreover, went so far as to furnish 
their mess halls with dishes, plates and cups, 
and here the mess kit fell into disuse. At these 
halls of fame the magic letters "K. P.," when 
spoken in a peremptory tone, accompanied by 
the simple gesture of extending an empty dish, 
meant "seconds." 

The Company Supply Sergeants, who had 
remained at Camp Wadsworth all this time, 
drawing from the Regimental Unit Supply 
Officer the necessar}" Quartermaster, Ordnance 
and other equipment for the coming recruits, 
now began to assert themselves. Recruits arriv- 
ing from Camp Cotton began to acquire much 
paraphernalia, which was as foreign as to de- 
sign and as unintelligible as to purpose as a 
pair of skates and a skiing outfit would be 
to a Fiji Islander. First, the new recruit would 
witness the carrying forth into the company 
street of big, long pine boxes, with black 
handles attached. Suggestive, oh, very sug- 
gestive, they were. They were found to con- 
tain rifles, so the boxes, while they no longer 
suggested the deathly, might, at least, have 
been termed deadly. Little heaps of equip- 
ment, founded upon what was later learned to 



32 CAMP WADSWORTH 

be a "shelter half," began to grow on both sides | 

of the street. One caught such terms as "condi- 
ment can," "bacon can," "oiler and thong i 
case," "tent pins and poles," "pack carrier" — 
and marveled at one's ignorance. When . 
the heap had grown to prodigious proportions f 
the recruit was invited to shoulder it and trans- 
port it to his tent. Many a poor ex-civilian 
who had never toiled much, and had certainly 
not been noted for his spinning, decided that 
at that moment Santa Claus in all his glory 
didn't have a thing on him. 

And then, to the intricacies of drill, was 
added the "Soldier's Friend," the U. S. Maga- 
zine Rifle — how to carry it, clean it, take it 
down, and assemble it again. The names of its 
many parts were to be memorized and much 
time was spent on the movements which con- 
stitute the Manual of Arms. While the bewil- 
dered brain of the near-soldier was reeling with 
the new drills, exercises, movements, names and 
duties, still others were crowded upon him. He 
must needs learn to roll his pack, for, like the 
turtle, the soldier carries his house upon his 
back. Things began to look dark fpr the 
novice now, for he was drilling with rifle and 
belt, and carrying his pack upon his none-too- 
well-toughened shoulders. He did not know 
where this thing was going to stop, and won- 
dered vaguely if the strength and fitness which 
he found himself acquiring would keep pace 
with his other more bothersome acquisitions. 



CAMP WADSWORTH 33 

Some training in trench warfare was also 
hurriedly given here. Not a man of the Fifty- 
Fourth will ever forget the afternoon in early 
June, when one such lesson was undertaken, 
directed by a young Lieutenant of the French 
Army. While holding a line of trenches in 
the approved fashion, and while being earnestly 
exhorted on trench tactics by the Lieutenant, 
the flood-gates of a South Carolina summer 
rain were opened, the hard, red clay turned to 
crimson "gooey" and ran knee deep in the 
trenches, and the men promptly lost interest in 
anything except how to get back to camp as 
quickly as possible. The arrival at Camp from 
this drill presented some highly amusing pic- 
tures. Men were seen standing under the 
showers in the bath house, fully dressed, a fool- 
ish smile on their faces as they watched the 
vermilion mud gradually soak away. Still 
others were bathing their rifles to their deep 
satisfaction, and to the intense horror of the 
"old timers," to whom such an act was nothing 
short of sacrilege. Manj^ recalled this aftei*- 
noon, when, a few weeks later, the Regiment 
was on its way back from the Rifle Range, 
which is, of course, another story. 

With all the training thus far in the manipu- 
lation and nomenclature of the rifle no oppor- 
tunity had yet been afl*orded the men for in- 
struction in its actual use. One now began 
to hear talk of going to a "rifle range" several 
days' march away, where, in the safety of some 



34 CAMP WADSWORTH 

mountain valley, the high-powered rifles might 
be fired at targets. Here the erstwhile civilian 
might learn to shoot true, against the time 
when such a knowledge might prove a highly 
valuable factor in identifying him with the 
more preferable of the two classes of men on 
a battlefield — the live and the dead. Rumors 
narrowed down to certainty. On Saturday 
afternoon, June 8th, 1918, big preparations 
were made for an early start on the following 
morning. Among such preparations might be 
mentioned the appointment of many new non- 
commissioned officers, from the numbers of the 
men of longer service, to assist in the duties 
connected with the moving of the large nimi- 
ber of men inexperienced in march and bivouac 
discipline. 

Before daybreak Sunday morning, June 
9th, found the Camp stirring excitedly at the 
buglers' "First Call," and later, cheering lustily 
as the Regimental Band marched down the 
street in the inky, pre-dawn darkness, playing 
up the spirits of men roused from sleep before 
the usual hour. After a hasty breakfast 
("hasty" because the excitement of going on a 
first hike proved too much for the average re- 
cruit's appetite) the First Sergeants' whistles 
shrilled "Outside!" the packs, which had been 
painstakingly rolled the evening before, and 
which contained all the articles on the list pub- 
lished by the Company Conmianders on the 
bulletin boards, were slung, and the Regiment 




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CAMP WADSWORTH 35 

held its breath. At 4:30 the move out began. 
By 5:00 o'clock it had, with the exception of 
the trucks carrying the luggage and supplies, 
cleared the Camp. As daylight broke, and 
the long column could be seen from the van- 
tage point of some hill, something of the size 
of the Regiment could be ascertained. Each 
Company was up to and a bit over the pre- 
scribed war strength of 250 men, for allow- 
ance still had to be made for transfers, dis- 
charges and other losses. One "Old Timer" 
gazed at the winding column and thought of 
the Regiment at Chickamauga Park. "Darned 
if a Company don't look as big as the Regi- 
ment used to," he remarked. 

The march, on this first day, was by design 
a short one. The pace was easy, and by 9:00 
o'clock the Regiment was drawing into Camp 
School, just eight miles from Wadsworth. 
Here the pessimistically inclined, who felt that 
a soldier leads a dog's life, were confirmed in 
their belief when they fomid that they would 
pitch and sleep in "pup tents." It was now 
literally a case of "when a feller needs a 
friend," for only half of this shelter was car- 
ried by one soldier, and a "buddy" was a prac- 
tical necessity. Naturally, this the first field 
bivouac of the new Regiment was accompanied 
by more or less confusion, but the long rows of 
olive drab shelters sprung up with surprising 
rapidity, and the sharp blows of intrenching 
tools upon the tiny tent pins kept up a con- 



36 CAMP WADSWORTH 

tinuous, half -metallic staccato. The men were 
working, too, with half an eye on the kitchens, 
wliich were already steaming with promise, 
under the shelter of a big tarpaulin. By the 
time the shelters were erected and drainage 
ditches carefully digged around them, dinner 
was ready and the lines of hungry men, wear- 
ing the stains of their toil and the satisfied 
expression of men who had done satisfactory 
work, filed by with mess gear eagerly extended 
That afternoon was spent in rest, or largely 
so. Some mild offenders of military nile were 
given an opportunity of doing penance, dig- 
ging rears in hard clay, as has been the military 
fashion from the year 1. That night many a 
lad slept on the ground for the first time in 
his sweet young life, and, in spite of the fact 
that he found the lap of ^Mother Nature harder 
than he had ever dreamed it could be, he slept 
long and soundly. The bugle's call stole into 
his subconsciousness from far away, at first, 
and then brought him to a realization of his 
surroundings and the work before him with a 
jerk. On many subsequent hikes in France, 
when tents were stmck and packs rolled at all 
hours of the night, in pitch black darkness and 
quick time, there is no doubt but many a sea- 
soned doughboy's mind went back to this par- 
ticular morning and that first attempt at roll- 
ing a pack in the dark. ]Many of the more 
thoughtful had pro^dded themselves with 
candles, and he who was thus fortunate enough 



CAMP WADSWORTH 37 

to have his equipment in readiness ahead of 
time was afforded a rare spectacle as he sat on 
his pack and gazed about him. At the head 
of the Company streets kitchen fii*es blazed 
and lanterns swung; and all about myriads of 
candle flames flung their tiny efforts against 
the night; moving silliouettes hurried to and 
fro, while the rattle of equipment and the 
steady hum of voices, pmictuated here and 
there by sharp cries of command, blended with 
the flaring lights to make a combination of 
sight and sound destined to linger forever in 
his memory. 

By daybreak the Regiment was again on the 
road. The advantage of thus marching in the 
cool of the day was soon felt and appreciated, 
even though many were inclined to gnmible 
at the early hour of First Call. The march 
this day was longer than that of the first. But 
the twelve miles intervening between Camp 
School and Camp Church, the next bivouac, 
was covered by 11:00 o'clock. Tents were 
pitched on a stony slope, which led from the 
road do^^Ti to a creek about 300 yards distant. 
The hard nature of the stone-covered groimd 
made the digging of drainage ditches a difficult 
task, and many a soldier was not prepared for 
the rain which fell that night, nor for the water 
which poured down the slope and trickled mider 
his blankets. 

The third and last day of the hike was the 
hardest and longest of all. Xow, in sight of 



38 CAMP WADSWORTH 

the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 
road was upgrade all the way, a slow, steady 
drag, which, coupled with the heat of the day, 
called for every ounce of reserve strength a 
man had in him. Many were obliged to fall 
out, and the ambulances were kept busy carry- 
ing the heat-stricken men. About 11 :0d o'clock 
the last and highest hill was reached, and the 
tired column began to drop into a valley. By 
noon Glassy Rock Rifle Range had been 
reached. Every one was too tired, hungry and 
thirsty to pay much attention to the natural 
beauty of the surroundings; but it could be 
readily seen that it was an ideal location for a 
target range. In the background, a little to 
the right, loomed the mountain from which the 
range got its name — Glassy Rock. With an 
elevation of over 5,000 feet it reared its glisten- 
ing stone face above the neighboring hills and 
the little valley which was to be the home of the 
Fifty-Fourth for the next few days. The 
Range is located about two miles from the 
North Carolina border line, was five miles from 
Landrum and twenty-five miles from Green- 
ville, South Carolina. 

Tents were pitched on a little bare knoll, 
just before the range proper, as soon as the 
men's thirst had been allayed, and the hunger 
of those fortunate enough to get to the juoun- 
taineer who was selling cakes from a basket 
had been slightly blunted. As soon as the 
kitchens could serve a lunch no time was lost 




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MAJOR CATTS ON TARGET 
EANGE, LANDRUM, S. C. 



TARGET PRACTICE ON 

GLASSY ROCK RANGE, 

LANDRl'M, S. C. 




THE FIFTY-FOURTH CAMP. GLASSY ROCK 
RIFLE RANGE. 



CAMP WADSWORTH 39 

in getting to work on the range, and this haste 
to get at the training at once furnished further 
evidence that the Regiment had no time to 
spare in equipping itself for overseas duty, and 
that the time for its saihng was not far away. 
Those were memorable days, those first ones 
at the Glassy Rock. Lo, the poor Indian, as 
an object of sympathy, simply wasn't in it com- 
pared to the unfortunate w^ho had seldom or 
never fired a rifle in his life, and now found 
himself lying prone on his stomach in the hard 
dirt with a high-powered, totally loaded rifle 
in his hands; trying to adjust his shng in the 
manner the anxious instructor was endeavoring 
to show him ; quivering from the tension of try- 
ing to aim his piece and "squeeze" the trigger 
at the same time, and jumping, first at the loud 
reports of rifles on either side of him, and then 
from the recoil of his own. The course fired 
was the "C," or practice course, and no firing 
for record was done. The hundred-yard range 
w as first used and then the two and three hun- 
dred, and finally, the five hundred and thou- 
sand yard ranges were fired on. Not much long- 
range work was done, however, but great pro- 
ficiency was shown by the rapidly progressing 
marksmen on the shorter ranges, and some sur- 
prisingly good scores were made. From 6:00 
A. M. until noon, from 1:00 P. M. until 5:00, 
the little valley reverberated to the continuous 
roar of rifle fire; spasmodic and fitful, when 
slow^ fire instruction was under way, but with 



40 CAMP WADSWORTH 

a heartening' liveliness under rapid fire. Be- 
tween turns on the range or in the fire trenches 
the interest in the rifle was kept up (?) by a 
series of bayonet drills, and push and pull ex- 
ercises. In all, several hundred rounds were 
fired by each soldier, and he had completed his 
first course in the care and use of his rifle. 

For ten days every moment of daylight was 
utilized and made the most of in the training of 
men in the use of the rifle. For already Head- 
quarters were in receipt of orders which meant 
that the Regiment must be in readiness to sail 
b}^ the latter part of June. So, on the evening 
of June 19th, announcement was made that the 
start back to Camp Wadsworth would be made 
in the morning. Nobody seemed sorry. It was 
again a change ; the past days had been strenu- 
ovis ones. The first morning's hike, which was 
down grade practically all the way, led by an- 
other and shorter route than that by which the 
Regiment had come to a Camp about half the 
distance back to Camp Wadsworth. That 
afternoon the sunshine, which had been with 
us continually during our stay on the range, 
was overcast by clouds, and that evening and 
the following morning were destined to fur- 
nish the Regiment a high-water mark, so to 
speak, in its experiences up to this time. In 
the evening the sky thickened and began to 
ooze. The air turned colder, and the rain came 
faster. The hard dirt into which the tent pins 
had been laboriously driven softened, loosen- 



CAMP WADSWORTH 41 

ing the pins, with the result that all through 
the night the air was filled with soulful protests 
of boys w^ho awoke to find their wet shelters 
lying across their faces. Morning found the 
cold drizzle still falling. Tents were struck in 
the rain, and packs rolled in the mud. While 
the rain continued the men half-heartedly par- 
took of a breakfast, and the always -to-be-re- 
membered hike was under way. Fifteen miles 
it was to Camp, and never for an instant did 
the rain slacken. It kept up a steady, unvary- 
ing pour that was maddening. It soaked deep- 
er and deeper into the clay roads, made mud- 
dier by the tramping of many feet. The Six- 
teenth Machine Gun Battalion, coming also 
from target practice, had just preceded the 
Fifty-Fourth on these roads, which, of course, 
were pretty well churned for even the head of 
the column. The condition of the road, as the 
rear of the colimm found it, was not unlike that 
which was later encountered in the Argonne. 
Chmbing a slight grade always reminded one 
of the old problem about the frog who is at 
the bottom of a well, and with each three feet 
of advance he slips back two; and how long 
will it take him to get out ? It was tough going, 
which is stating a heart-breaking, grueling en- 
during test, in a very mild manner indeed. 
Rest was out of the question. For when the 
order came to "Fall out" for the ten-minute 
halt there was nothing but mud on which to 
deposit the weary steaming body. Besides, 



42 CAMP WADSWORTH 

the chilling rain produced a disagreeable effect 
on the heated men, who chafed at any delay, 
and gave vent to their impatience with loud 
cries of "Let's go!" The Camp, which before 
they had berated so roimdly, began to appear 
in their minds as a sort of a paradise. 

It was just past noon on the 22nd of June 
when the dead-weary, mud-soaked men trudged 
into the streets of Wadsworth, singing "The 
Gang's All Here." It was there, too; but it 
was mighty tired. A change of clothing and 
a hot meal made every one feel better imme- 
diately. It was now learned that the Regi- 
ment would indeed move very soon to a port 
of embarkation. Immediately equipping the 
men for overseas duty was begun, and orders 
were given to be in readiness to move on the 
26th. June 25th was a strenuous day. Sup- 
ply Sergeants were known to have grown gray 
haired in about twenty-four hours at about this 
time. First Sergeants and their meek accom- 
plices, the Company Clerks, were madly pack- 
ing field desks and sundry boxes with blanks 
and stationery supplies, feverishly checking on 
various hsts to see that everything required 
was in evidence. The men were reluctantly 
assorting their belongings that they might take 
advantage of the last opportunity to send per- 
sonal property home. With genuine regret 
they surrendered the suitcases, which for some 
time had been the sole remaining tie between 
them and civilian life, and with real dismay 




GETTING OVER- 
SEAS EQUIPMENT 
AT CAMP WADS- 
WOPtTH. 



RETREAT 

AT CAMP 

WADSWORTH. 




CAMP W.\DSWORTH 4S 

realized that henceforth their sole worldly pos- 
sessions would be represented by what they 
were able to cariy on their backs. 

Xoon, 26th of June. 1918. found the Regi- 
ment in readiness and waiting. Shortly after 
this time trucks bearing luggage moved out. 
followed almost itnmediately by the Regi- 
mental Headquarters and the First Battalion. 
A short hike to a railway station near Spar- 
tanbiu-GT. and thev were in readiness to de- 
part. Each train was composed entirely of 
Pullman coaches, and had a kitchen car located 
m the middle of the train. It was traveling 
de luxe. Hot meals were served to the men 
right in their — ah — apartments. And when the 
colored porter, in capacity of super-room or- 
derly, made dov n the berths, it was the big 
linale. Joy was complete. 

The afternoon of Jmie 27th marked anothei 
big event in the experiences of the Fifty-Fourth 
men, for upon arrival at Washington. D. C. 
each section detrained and was served coffee 
and doughnuts by no less a personage than the 
First Lady of the Land. Airs. Wilson, in the 
garb of a Red Cross worker, was as efficient as 
ofracious in ministerinor to the wants of the 
O. D. clad boys, and many a Fifty-Fourther 
received his cup that cheers, but does not inebri- 
ate, from her hands. 

Daybreak of the 28th found the Regiment 
at Hoboken. Xew Jersey. After some delay 
the detraining was accompUshed. and. although 



44 CAMP WADSWORTH 

little was thought of it at the time, we were 
laying the foundations for our later reputation 
as "Sight-seers." The ferry which received 
new voyagers proceeded down the North River, 
around the Battery, up the East River, where 
the first view of the Brooklyn Bridge was ob- 
tained. Passing later under the Williamsburg 
and Queensborough Bridges, the ferry loafed 
along, giving CA^ery one a fine chance at satis- 
fying his curiosity. Detachments of the 
Regiment which had arrived previously were 
unloading at the docks, necessitating our idling 
in the river until late in the afternoon. Coffee 
and sandwiches, served by the Red Cross, 
helped every one to endure the wait. 

It was well toward evening when the high- 
powered electrically driven trains drew into 
the station at Camp Mills. As usual there 
would be a hike. The last shadows of evening 
were gathering over the Camp when the earliest 
sections arrived, and it was well into the night 
before the last of them appeared. 

So this was Camp JNIills. Well-kept and 
ordered, it was really a beautiful place. All 
day long the air was filled with the buzz and 
roar of airplane motors, as the planes from 
the training camp nearby were constantly in 
the air, flying in battle formation. One could 
count as manj^ as thirty planes at one time, and 
as few of the men had ever seen flying done 
on such an extensive scale it was a rare and 
welcome sight. The time at Camp Mills was 



CAMP WADSWORTH 45 

spent largely in drawing clothing and equip- 
ment ( including overcoats and winter gloves ) , 
making of lists and rosters, sending telegrams, 
getting leaves of absence, and going A. W. O. 
loose to New York. 



CHAPTER III 

FIRST STEPS ON FOREIGN SOIL. 
Haute Marne. 

"The Lord knows what we may find, dear lass, 
And the Deuce knows what we may do — 

But we're 

down, hull-down on the Long Trail — 

the trail that is always new." 

JULY FOURTH, 1918, proved to be a 
very safe and sane Fourth at Camp JNIills. 
The Regiment contmued equipping itself, 
the men continued "cussing" misfit shoes, while 
company clerks continued to swelter midst pas- 
senger lists and a hundred other lists. There 
was not even the usual score of aeroplanes, 
for they were off to visit and thrill New York. 
But the next day, a Friday, was the day set 
for the long journey eastward to the battle- 
front. The Fifty-Fourth always started things 
on a Friday — or Sunday. Orders came even- 
tually and the unit entrained at Mineola and 
finally took ferryboats on the East River, after 
traversing some of the wonderful back alleys 
of Brooklyn. Some of the Yanks expected to 
cross the Atlantic on these "side-wheelers," not 
knowing that it was the fate of these boats 
never to get beyond the shadow of the Wool- 

47 



48 HAUTE MARNE 

worth tower. But the Fifty-Fourth was other- 
wise provided for. Before dark each of these 
landlubbers had answered his "John Henry" 
to his respective "Smith," had walked the gang- 
plank of some seagoing steamship now lying 
in the harbor or at some North River dock, had 
been packed like the "proverbial" sardines be- 
low decks of ships flying His Majesty's flag, 
and the work of our first bulletin detail was 
accomplished. 

Headquarters, Supply, Machine Gun, "A" 
and "B" Companies drew "staterooms" on 
the "Belgic"' along with the Regimental 
P. C, while the rest of the Regiment 
was about to reverse that stunt of Columbus 
in the s. s. "Britton" and "Prinses Juliana," 
the latter a ship recently commandeered from 
the Dutch. These ships, together with a half 
score others, bearing troops and Red Cross 
nurses, in the lower bay the morning of July 
6th raised anchor at about 11 A. M. Once 
through the Narrows bows were pointed east- 
ward, and the Statue of Liberty and that mar- 
velous pile of skyscrapers on lower Manhattan 
were soon shrouded in mist. What the feel- 
ings of the men were at that moment can better 
be imagined than described. Probably each 
man saw the righteousness and the sacredness 
of America's cause more plainly at that mo- 
ment than at any other time. 

The convov consisted of about fourteen 
transports and escorted by a cruiser, six de- 



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stroyers, aeroplanes and dirigible. These, 
however, gradually turned back until only the 
war vessel remained with the troop ships. The 
rate of speed was estimated at about fourteen 
knots, but as the course was a zig-zag one 
twelve days on shipboard was the least one 
dared to hope for. On the night of July 16th 
the sentries were startled by the appearance of 
a half dozen dark shapes, but morning revealed 
the fact that we again had an escort of destroy- 
ers. They had met the convoys at a definite 
time and place, in spite of the lack of sign- 
posts and telegraph wires on the sea, and the 
men were relieved and encouraged at this sign 
of the nearness of land. 

The variation in the climate proved of in- 
terest to the w^hole Regiment. The first day 
was warm and pleasant ; the second proved raw 
and stormy and the men who retained their 
"sea legs" were not numerous. The up-and- 
down motion in the rough water found a sym- 
pathetic response in the diaphragms of the 
modern Argonauts, many of whom had never 
seen more water at a time than is required for 
a good bath. When the ships went up their 
outsides went in and when the ships went down 
their insides went out. 

The third day found the convoy in the mel- 
low gulf stream. The pallor left the men's 
faces, their sense of humor returned and 
"craps" would have been indulged in had not the 
Regiment been the "brokest" in the world. As 



50 HAUTE MARNE 

the days went by the course changed to the 
northward and the weather became uncomfort- 
ably cold. The guards shivered on the decks; 
overcoats, which had been so rebelled at in 
the sunny Camp Mills, were now gratefully 
worn. The sunset glowed on the horizon all 
night. One could read without artificial light 
at midnight, and on July 16th sunrise was at 
2 A. jM. ^leanwhile the convoy had returned 
to the Gulf Stream and the air became balmy 
again. Those who remembered their geography 
began to search the horizon for the Irish coast. 
Discipline, instead of relaxing, became more 
rigid after the period of sea-sickness wore off. 
The men were required to shave each day and 
were expected to bathe as often. Retreat was 
stood and the absentee merely invited himself 
to K. P. or "charge of quarters." A large 
guard was maintained day and night for the 
purpose of watching for submarines, keeping 
others especially at the rafts and lifeboats. A 
sort of mattress was to be worn at all times and 
kept buckled properly. IMen looked like a 
combination pouter-pigeon and Queen Eliza- 
beth in these life-jackets. Boat drill w^as held 
daily. At the first sound of the bugle every 
one knew what to do and exactly where to be. 
Officers held meetings; talks were given to the 
men emphasizing the importance of the care- 
ful observance of military courtesy, personal 
care, and acquainting one with that pestiferous 
"critter," the cootie. On those ships where 



HAUTE MARNE 51 

space permitted calisthenics, close order, and 
manual of arms were the order of the day. 
On all ships "policing" of decks and quarters 
continued, and the Regiment might well have 
been called the "Fifty-Fourth Dismounted Po- 
lice." The band also did yeoman service. 

Aside from these duties each man had con- 
siderable spare time, during which he read 
from the A. L. A. store of books on board, 
played games, wrestled or boxed, or napped 
on the hatches. Watching the Chinese at their 
work or gambling, listening to their shrill 
"gang-a-way," afforded endless amusement. 
The varying moods of the sea, the flash of the 
stormy petrel and the wheeling of the gulls 
were also new experiences. Then there were 
the medusas or jellyfish, the sharks, and other 
ocean life to discuss. 

Endless argument was occasioned by reveille 
being about thirty-five minutes late each morn- 
ing. "Chow," too, was a favorite topic for a 
somewhat "brimstony and phosphorous" ora- 
tory, but it was never decided what the animal 
which the British steward called rabbit really 
was. Some men declared they would never be 
able to look a good dog in the face again. 
Others asserted it was cannibalistic to eat any- 
thing so closely related (according to Darwin 
or somebody) to our ancestors. The canteen, 
which was well stocked and very reasonable as 
to prices, aggravated the misery of being broke 
and caused man}' officers to be "touched." 



52 HAUTE MARNE 

In spite of these things, and the news 
brought by radio of the desperate German 
offensive, of the death of Quentin Roosevelt, 
and of the Big League scores, these eleven 
days grew more and more monotonous. There 
were, on the whole, few more thrills than there 
would have been in peace time. Everything 
pursued a businesslike course, as if it were 
merely so much of a day's work — crossing the 
Atlantic in the face of the submarine menace. 
There were, however, a few thrills, such as 
when the escorting destroyers met the convoy 
at the ocean crossroads on the night of July 
15th. Another thrill came one day in broad 
daylight, when one of the stern submarine guns 
opened up a volley. Every one was on his feet 
in an instant, and the seasick victims in the 
bunks below got on deck with remarkable 
rapidity. The action proved, however, to be 
target practice — nothing more. Instructions 
were that four long blasts of the ship's whistle 
was a warning of a submarine, and that every 
one was to assemble promptly at his proper 
place on the deck. One night the whistle 
shrieked out three long blasts and every one 
held his breath, while hearts stood still, listening 
for the fourth. It never came. One of the 
transports had lost contact, and the whistle was 
a signal of the fact. For an instant every ship 
threw on its lights and the wandering vessel 
was soon back in formation. The whole Regi- 
ment was astir early on the morning of July 



HAUTE AIARNE 53 

17th, for above decks one could hear the cry, 
"Land on both sides !" The convoy had entered 
the North Channel during the night and now 
the coast of Ireland was dimly visible on the 
right and that of Scotland on the left, though 
some insisted that the coast of France was also 
there. Once within the Irish sea the convoy 
split, the larger part, including the "Belgic," 
continuing southward to Liverpool. Port w^as 
made the same night, and the part of the Fifty- 
Fourth that debarked from the "Belgic" en- 
trained immediately and traversed the manu- 
facturing district of central England and a bit 
of the beautiful rural country of south Eng- 
land to the ancient town of Winchester. De- 
training here, a march was made to Winnall 
Down Rest Camp, two miles from the city. 

Meanwhile the rest of the Fifty-Fourth re- 
mained loyal to the name of the Sight-Seeing 
Sixth, by turning northward into the beautiful 
Clyde River, which harbors the largest ship- 
building industry in the world. The five ships 
in the group were towed by tugs, accompanied 
by thousands of gulls, and greeted by armadas 
of rowboats and launches. About noon the 
submarine net was passed, and later in the 
afternoon Glasgow was reached. The "Prin- 
ses Juliana" and the "Britton" did not dis- 
charge their "passengers" until the next morn- 
ing, when the Scottish bagpipe band was in 
attendance and after King George had had his 
greetings properly printed. The trip from 



54 HAUTE MARNE 

Glasgow to Winchester, which was made by 
''C" and "D" Companies and the Second and 
Third Battahons, was a memorable one. First 
came a bit of Scotland along the Caledonian 
Railroad to Carlisle. Then came the industrial 
centers of northern and central England : Lan- 
caster, Preston, Wigan, Birmingham, and then 
Oxford and Shakespeare's country. Finally 
Winchester was reached, and midnight of July 
19th brought the detachments to Winnall 
Down. 

It was at Winnall Down that the Fifty- 
Fourth learned to ,enjoy bread and butter and 
tea, English mutton and orange marmalade. 
There shillings and pence were introduced into 
the lives of three thousand Americans in order 
to prepare them for francs and centimes, marks 
and pfennigs. There Kipling addressed the 
Regiment on the alliance of Britain and Amer- 
ica in the "slight inconvenience" which Ger- 
many had thi'ust upon the world. There the men 
began to realize that perhaps a young country 
like the United States might learn something 
from an old country like England, for an op- 
portunity was given the Fifty-Fourth to see 
the great Hall of King Arthur in Winchester, 
and King Arthur's own Round Table, which 
still hangs there. 

Leaving a few men with mumps in quar- 
antine and an officer or two who had tried to 
prove rather successfully the superiority of the 
L^nited States over England as a fighting na- 



HAUTE MARNE 55 

tion, the Regiment entrained on July 22nd, and 
leisurely rambled down to Southampton. Here 
again history was reversing itself, for nearly 
three centuries ago our Pilgrim ancestors land- 
ed here, on their way to America. Here, too, 
the prospect of more sea-sickness was pre- 
sented. An iVmerican river excursion steamer 
engulfed the whole unit, and during the night, 
escorted by numerous tireless and watchful 
patrols, the stormy English Channel was 
crossed and the wabbly Yanks were landed 
on the morning of July 23rd in Le Havre. 
Here on the outskirts of the city another so- 
called rest camp lurked in waiting. The Fifty- 
Fourth hiked along the water front and up a 
hill (why it is always uphill in the Army is a 
mystery) and was assigned to Camp 1, Section 
1, Sub- Section 1. There one began to learn 
the real meaning of French mud and A. E. F. 
baths. There, too, the men began to learn that 
there were other places to sleep besides feather 
beds or even Army bunks. But the thrill of 
being in the land where they had come to do 
their all served in some degree to overcome 
inconveniences. 

The next day a band escorted the Regiment 
to the gare, French children and girls pressed 
bouquets of flowers into the hands of the offi- 
cers. The rank and file wasn't offended, 
though; one can't eat flowers. The train, which 
was to take the unit somewhere inland for more 
intensive training, was imagined by the dough- 



56 HAUTE MARNE 

boys to be similar to those trim, speedy com- 
partment coaches that had served us in Eng- 
land and Scotland. This train was not quite 
up to all that had been expected- It was trim, 
each coach having nice square corners, but the 
speed was limited to about five miles per hour, 
and each "coach" had one compartment which 
exactly filled the coach. On the outside of the 
coach, the unforgettable legend, "Hommes-40, 
Chevaux-8," met the eyes of three thousand 
astounded doughboj^s. Evidently the coaches 
had been larger at one time, but the extreme 
speed had overheated them, and they had conse- 
quently been quite a shrinking. By means of 
acrobatic stunts, perspiration and profanity 
about thirty-five Yanks succeeded in squeezing 
into each compartment with their luggage, 
and, in order that there might not be any 
vacant space which might permit these 
harassed soldiers to move around and get hurt 
(like eggs that are not packed tightly in a 
crate) , a cargo of bread, corned beef (the name 
"canned willie" had not yet gained favor), 
canned tomatoes and jam were also taken 
aboard. 

Two days and two nights were spent on the 
train, during which time casualties resulting 
from arguments as to how the rations should 
be divided were astonishingly few, considering 
the energy devoted to the various verbal en- 
counters. The route followed by the Regiment 
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fame; Versailles the glorious; on through Sens, 
Juvisy, Tonnerre, and Chatillon, to the Xinth 
Training Area, situated in the Department of 
Haute 3Iarne. About a half hour after mid- 
night, July 27th, the unit detrained and 
bivouacked at Bricon, only about 12 kilometers 
from Chaumont, the Headquarters of the 
American Expeditionary Forces. 

Daybreak found the Regiment on the move 
and it was soon billeted in the little villages 
scattered in this region. The Regimental 
P. C. and the Specialty Companies were lo- 
cated at xVutreville; First Battahon Head- 
quarters and "A" and "B" Companies were 
sent to La Villeneuve, "C" and "D" Compa- 
nies were billeted at ]Montheries; the Second 
Battahon Headquarters and "E" and "F" 
Companies were at Saint ^Martin; "G" and 
"H" Companies stopped in Valdelancourt ; the 
Third Battahon Headquarters and "I" and 
''K'' were established at Braux; while "L" and 
"M" made their home in Vaudremont. JNIed- 
ical detaclmients were stationed in each village. 
Each organization soon adapted itself to its 
new surroundings and began to set up claims 
that its lofts and stables were the cleanest bil- 
lets, its barnyards the most fragrant, its 
mademoiselles the most beautiful, and its vin 
blanc the sourest in the Regimental area. 

On July 30th Colonel Crowlev assumed com- 
mand of the Twelfth Infantry Brigade, and 
it fell to his task as Brigade 'Commander to 



58 HAUTE MARNE 

help whip the Fifty-Third into shape, as well as 
his own Regiment, which was now commanded 
by Lieutenant Colonel William A. Carleton. 
Training w^as begun at once; instructors who 
had been up in the big show were sent to the 
Regiment to help Majors Monroe, Catts and 
Shute with their respective Battalions. 

An ordinary day's work consisted of eight 
hours of drill. JVIarches to and from drill fields 
were used to illustrate principles of the Guard 
Manual. Morning drill included close order, 
trench work, grenade throwing, bayonet and 
musketry. These w^ere the days following the 
decisive German reverse on the Marne, and 
orders began to come in rapidly requiring that 
training be now devoted to offensive warfare 
methods. This change was significant of the 
wonderful faith and determination of the allied 
leaders in their ability to maintain their offen- 
sive. The afternoons were devoted to patrol 
work, offensive tactics by small groups and 
gas mask drill. Saturdays were devoted to 
trial hikes under pack to the distance of twelve 
to fifteen miles. In addition to these duties 
there was the usual fatigue: policing the vil- 
lage streets, getting wood from the designated 
spots and unloading ammunition and supplies 
at Bricon. 

Meanwhile the Regiment was again being 
equipped with clothing, helmets, gas masks and 
Chauchats, the latter bringing agony to many. 
If necessity is the mother of invention, then 




PIONEER PLATOON. 




TKENCH MUUTAJ: I'LATOON. 



HAUTE MARNE 59 

that is the explanation of how many Yanks 
learned to wear gas masks without nose and 
mouthpieces adjusted. Still, wearing gas 
masks at drill or on the march uphill in the 
blazing sun of August never aroused any great 
enthusiasm — except profane — neither did ad- 
vancing by rushing cause any Chauchat gun- 
ner to grow eloquent, except in a very primi- 
tive way. Nevertheless progress was satisfac- 
tory, though none of the men ever learned how 
to fix bayonets on a Chauchat. 

If this period of training had its purpose, so 
had the association with the French people, and 
the weeks spent among them, an important 
bearing. If the men laughed at the quaint 
ways, the wooden shoes, the crisp "Oui, oui, 
oui, oui!" the lack of light and fresh air in their 
dwellings, the intimate home life of cattle and 
family, the "cigar coupon" money, and a hun- 
dred other things, it was in a friendW, good- 
natured way; and they none the less admired 
the frugality, the simplicity, the courage and 
patience in suffering of the strange folk they 
had been thrust among. The roads, the woods, 
the everlasting industry of these people, espe- 
cially the very old, and, above all, the constantly 
doing of things that the next generations would 
profit by, were lessons that were not lost on the 
American soldier in the Fifty-Fourth Infantry. 

And so the sunny month of August passed 
away with its days of drill and grill, with its 
hours of earnestness of purpose and plan, dur- 



60 HAUTE MARNE 

ing which hearts grew steeled and hard muscles 
grew harder under constant discipline and drill. 
Finally, on August 27th, the Sixth Division 
left the Ninth Training Area in Haute Marne, 
and traveling in trucks the Fifty-Fourth passed 
eastward through Chaumont and the region 
of fair valleys and meadows. After a day and 
night in choking dust the Regiment entered the 
Department of the Vosges, and was billeted 
early in the day (August 28th) in the foot- 
hills of these mountains. Dommartin, at the 
headwaters of the Moselle near Remiremont, 
became the Regimental P. C. 



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CHAPTER IV 

HELPING TO RIGHT AN OLD 
WRONG. 

Alsace. 

"When first under fire an' you're wishful to duck, 
Don't look nor take 'eed at the man that is struck, 
Be thankful you're li\'in', and trust to your luck 
And march to your front like a soldier." 

THERE was a good bit of moving about 
before the Regiment finally settled itself 
for the few days it was to stay in this 
area. The First Battalion stayed only fom' 
hours in Planois (Community of Basse-sur-la- 
Rupt) , where it had wearily dropped from the 
trucks for rest, then moved on to Thief osse, at 
which place it arrived in the wee sma' hours. 
"C" and "D" Companies, tw^o days later, again 
packed up and moved, this time to Pubas, about 
two kilometers distant. Eventually the vari- 
ous units of the Regiment were established as 
follows : 

Regimental Headquarters, with Companies 
"G,"' "H" and "M," at Planois; Companies 
"A" and "B" remained at Thief osse; Compa- 
nies "I," "K" and "L" at Zainvilhers; the 
Machine Gun Company at Contresard; Com- 
panies "E" and "F" at Franould. A part of 

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62 ALSACE 

the Medical Detachment was stationed at each 
town. 

With its move into this area the Sixth Di- 
vision came under the supervision of the 
French. So we were now under the Thirty- 
Third French Army Corps for tactical pur- 
poses, but were operated bj^ the Seventh U. S. 
Army Corps. As the days spent in hard train- 
ing slipped by plans were maturing for the 
entrance of the Fifty-Fourth into a front line 
sector to get a taste of real trench experience. 
The plans as they revealed themselves through 
subsequent orders were these: The Fifty- 
Fourth would relieve the One Hundred and 
Fortieth U. S. Infantry, Thirty-Fifth Division, 
in the Larchey Regimental Sector of the 
Vosges line. Camp Boussat, on the crest of a 
hill overlooking the Thur Valley, in Alsace, 
was chosen as the place of assembly for the 
Fifty-Fourth units. They would not all as- 
semble there at once, however, but the relief 
would be effected gradually, and not in a single 
night. From the 31st of August until the 2nd 
of September composite Battalions formed of 
two companies of the Fifty-Fourth and two 
companies of French Infantry would hold a 
battalion sub-sector. From the 3rd of Sep- 
tember until the 9th the other units were to 
be sifted in along a well-arranged plan, and on 
the 10th the Begimental Sector was to be 
wholly occupied. This was the southern- 
most sub-sector of the Divisional sector, and 



ALSACE 63 

the sub-sector on the left was to be held by the 
Fifty-Third Infantry, while on our right were 
the French. 

The move into the front line sector began 
on the night of 29th-30th of August, when 
Second Battahon Headquarters, with Compa- 
nies "E" and "F," Fifty-Fourth Infantry, 
moved by truck to Kruth in the Thur Valley, 
Alsace, then proceeded by marching to Camp 
Boussat. On the 31st of August these two 
companies, with two companies of the Four- 
teenth French Reserve Infantry, formed a 
composite battalion and relieved a battalion of 
the One Hundred and Fortieth U. S. Infan- 
try, in Centre Resistance Colette. On the same 
day "A" and "B" Companies moved from 
Thief osse by truck to Kruth and then hiked to 
Boussat, where they occupied the quarters just 
vacated by Companies "E" and "F." Head- 
(juarters Company, with thirty men attached 
from the Sixth Field Signal Battalion, left 
Dommartin also on this date, and followed the 
same route to Boussat. 

On the 4th of September the Fifty-Fourth 
Machine Gun Company, commanded by Cap- 
tain Gilbert Good, relieved the One Hundred 
and Fortieth INIachine Gun Company in the 
De Galbert Sector, and on the 7th the One- 
Pounder Platoon, Headquarters Company, 
commanded by First Lieutenant Gaillard 
Pinckney, relieved the French Trench Mortars. 
On the 9th of September Colonel Crowley took 



64 ALSACE 

command of all the positions in the Regimental 
sector. The First Battalion, Fifty-Fourth In- 
fantry, commanded b}^ Major Thomas H. 
Monroe, now took over the position held by 
the Third Battalion, One Hundred and 
Fortieth U. S. Infantry, in the De Galbert 
Sector. On the same date the Second Bat- 
talion, Fifty-Fourth Infantry, commanded by 
Lieutenant Colonel William A. Carleton, re- 
lieved the composite battalion in the Colette 
Sector. The relief was now complete. The 
Third Battalion, Fifty-Fourth Infantry, com- 
manded by Major Shute, remained for the 
present in reserve at Boussat. 

The French Section of artillery, assigned to 
this sector, had moved in on the 5th of Septem- 
ber. The Sixth U. S. Artillery Brigade was 
not with the Division during our occupation of 
this sector and French artillery was used. 
There were some excellent reasons for this 
plan: first, the French, having occupied the 
territory for some time, knew the terrain, the 
enemy positions, and had the range on many 
of them. Then, too, the arrangement avoided 
the necessity of transporting the heavy guns 
in and out of a mountainous country each time 
a Division was relieved. 

The same route into Alsace had been fol- 
lowed by all the units of the Fifty-Fourth. It 
was an interesting trip from many angles and 
afforded us our first close-up of the much- 




LIEUTENANT HUGO D. McINTOSH, WHO DISTINGUISHED 
HIMSELF IN THE VOSGES. 



ALSAGE 65 

talked-about Vosges Mountains. The route 
followed along the well-built wagon road in 
the valley of the little Mosellotte, which joins 
the Moselle at Remiremont, from Dommartin 
through Vagney, Thiefosse and Saulxures. At 
this place the ascent began. The road is a re- 
markable piece of engineering skill, as it selects 
its way along the line of least resistance and 
pilots one through forest-covered mountains of 
unparalleled beauty. Winding and twisting, 
the road led around the ever larger hills 
through Ventron, and then about five kilo- 
meters farther on we crossed the old Alsatian 
boundary line. A solitary M. P. stationed here 
inquired into the identity, purpose and destina- 
tion of each truck train as it appeared, and then 
the going became downhill. JMany and various 
were the impressions received and the expres- 
sions made on that rolling-coaster descent into 
the Thur Valley. A quiet doughboy with the 
face of a student broke out all over with pleas- 
urable exclamations at the scenery about him, 
while at the other end of the truck, almost at 
the same time, a practical-minded ex-farmer 
gazed about him as the truck, with brakes hard 
set, shied ^precariously round a downgrade, 
horseshoe bend, and remarked: 

"So this is what they are fightin' over? 
Shucks ! I wouldn't knock a man down for the 
whole of it!" 

Arriving in the little level valley most of the 
units were billeted for at least a night at Kruth 



66 ALSACE 

or Oderen, two kilometers south. Many of 
them remained here for several days before tak- 
ing up the next lap of the journey, which would 
be made on foot. This hike was over the coil 
of road leading up the mountain to Camp Bous- 
sat. The slope of the mountain, along which 
a cable operated carrying supplies to the sector, 
was but 2000 feet long. It was, however, im- 
possible to climb it directly, and the trip by 
road made the ascent a four-hour march — and 
a slow, dragging, wearying march, too. The 
packs were carried by the cable, though, which 
was one crumb of comfort at least. 

Camp Boussat was located near the crest of 
one of the "ballons" ranging the east side of 
the Thur Valley. It was due east of Kruth, 
and was readily accessible only by the road al- 
ready mentioned. The cable head was situated 
just below the top, and on the west side, away 
from the enemy artillery positions, thus render- 
ing a direct hit upon the operating machinery 
very unlikely. But the cable itself and the sup- 
porting towers down the mountainside were 
too often struck and temporarily disabled by 
shell fire. Just below the cable head were sit- 
uated the Y. M. C. A. buildings; a French can- 
teen, where pinard, sardines, vin rouge and 
other delectables were sold to poilu and dough- 
boy alike; some barracks for the French Engi- 
neers who operated the cable and some stables. 
The Camp proper, as occupied by the Ameri- 
cans, was above the cable head, but was screened 



ALSACE 67 

from the eneni}^ by a higher ridge and heavy 
timber. Here were barracks for a battahon or 
more, with conveniently near and sufficiently 
deep dugouts. Here also was the supply depot 
for our sector and ration trains of Spanish 
])ack-mules made regular nightly trips from 
this depot to each company P. C. These trains, 
always moving under cover of darkness, were 
the sole means of supplying the men in the 
trenches, as the narrow roads, dwindling to 
rocky trails, would scarcely have permitted 
vehicle transportation, even had the enemv 
failed to shell them copiously and scatter trees 
across them. 

While tactically a reserve position. Camp 
Boussat was by no means a place of quiet and 
rest. The location of the cable head was evi- 
dently known to the Germans, and they shelled 
it persistently. The first Fifty-Fourth casualtv 
from enemy fire occurred at'this camp on the 
night of September 10th. Din'ing a severe 
bombardment of the Camp a shell landed di- 
rectly on one of the barracks where members of 
Company "L'"' were quartered. One man was 
killed almost instantly, and four others 
were wounded. Here also Company "D" suf- 
fered four casualties upon their return from 
support position at De Galbert and while wait- 
ing for a few days before going into a front 
line position. 

Camp Larchey, where Regimental Head- 
quarters was stationed, is about two kilometers 



68 ALSACE 

from Boussat. It is located on the western 
slope of Kleinkopf Hill. From this place either 
of the battalion sub-sectors was easily acces- 
sible, for the road leading around to the left, 
almost due north, arrived at the De Galbert 
P. C, and connected with the Company P. C.'s 
of Hilsenfirst, Bois-en-Brosse and Stocken- 
runz; while the road leading to the right and 
around the other side of the hill connected with 
Colette and its Company P. C.'s of Balmain, 
Fockeday and Langenfeld. At Larchey were 
stationed, in addition to the Regimental Head- 
quarters, a detachment of the Three Hundred 
and Eighteenth U. S. Engineers, who were en- 
gaged in tunneling the mountain ; detachments 
of French Engineers and Machine Gunners 
and a Red Cross Canteen, where hot chocolate, 
coffee, bouillon or tea, candy and cigarettes 
were dispensed at all hours. Here also was a 
generating plant, operated by a powerful f our- 
cylindered motor, which furnished illumination 
for the Camp, and Camp Boussat as well. This 
Camp, like Boussat, was subjected to heavy 
shelling. On the night of October 1st a shell 
landed on one of the barracks and twelves 
casualties resulted. But one man, Private 
Dougherty, was killed, however. The men 
were all of Headquarters Company, Trench 
Mortar Section. 

The P. C. of the De Galbert Sector was 
located on the lee side, combatively speaking, 
of a hill. It was so snuggled against the steep 



ALSACE 69 

slope that shells coming, as they must, over 
the top of the hill would scarcely be able to 
register upon it, unless they should be suf- 
ficiently depressed by a high wind, or an occa- 
sional one should fall short. The Battalion 
Headquarters were located here just beside 
the road leading from Larchey. Below the 
road was the P. C. of the support company 
with kitchen and bomb-proofs for such men as 
remained for guard. At the crest of the hill 
was a relay post, and farther around the slope 
still another, both maintained by the support 
company. From the Battalion P. C. also were 
supervised the three companies occupying com- 
bat sectors in the front line. These were 
located as follows: On the extreme right of 
the battalion sector, and adjoining the Colette 
sector, was Hilsenfirst; on its left was Bois- 
en-Brosse, and the extreme left position was 
Stockenrunz, which adjoined the Fifty-Third 
Infantry sector. 

The Poste Commandant of the Colette Sec- 
tor was located on the western slope of Spitz- 
kopf Hill, and was fairly well protected by its 
location from enemy artillery. The ridge be- 
fore it and the terrain almost up to the Camp 
was swept and torn by shell fire, but the Camp 
was seldom hit. The Company P. C.'s of 
Brun, which lay farther up the road, and which 
was the position of the support company; Bal- 
main, the extreme southern sub-sector; Focke- 
day on its left, and Langenfeld, which joined 



70 ALSACE 

Hilsenfirst on the De Galbert Sector, were all 
supervised from this point. 

The Regimental Sector occupied by the 
Fifty-Fourth Infantry was of the variety 
known in Army circles as "quiet." It was one 
of those sectors about which the communiques 
read in the censorship days, "In the Vosges 
artiller}^ duels comprised the main activity," 
or, "An enemy raid was repulsed with heavy 
losses." There was a natural reason for the 
lack of infantry activity in this sector at the 
time we occupied it. It had been well fortified 
and held by the Germans at the beginning of 
the war, but the French, howbeit with stag- 
gering losses, had captured one ballon after 
another, and had gradually pushed the Ger- 
mans back to this line, which left the eneni}^ in 
possession of the last ridge of mountains, with 
level country over which to transport supplies, 
but necessitating the carrying of French su])- 
plies over mountainous country. Tlie deadlock 
was then natural. The Germans, while they 
might possibly have carried on a successful 
campaign, knew that the results would not 
justify it, and felt, no doubt, that their muni- 
tions and men could be expended to better 
advantage on the northern end of the big bat- 
tle line. Should they be successful there the 
matter of Alsace would adjust itself. The 
same view was probably sustained by the 
French. An extensive campaign, here, would 
have been an exceeding^ costly one, and again. 



ALSACE 71 

should they gain the victory in the north, 
Alsace would be theirs without question. 

Our mission then, in the Vosges, was tac- 
tically a defensive one. This did not neces- 
sarily imply that we were to occupy the 
trenches without firing a shot, and wait for the 
Germans to come to us. While no offensive 
of any importance could be undertaken with- 
out the approval of the Army, and no posi- 
tions were to be captured for occupation with- 
out permission of high authority, patrolling 
was carried on nightly to reconnoiter, and, if 
possible, to capture prisoners. 

A part of our mission, too, as a unit in this 
line, was to assist in keeping the enemy guess- 
ing, and from a showing of arms to deceive 
liim into tliinking that an attack upon his lines 
might be momentarily expected. Instructions 
to this effect had been issued to all units in 
the Vosges sector, and much maneuvering and 
other tactics, which were not understood at the 
time, could be attributed to this "fake." The 
reason was this: the big Argonne offensive 
was due to start on the 26th of September, and 
any operation which would succeed in keeping 
as great an enemy strength away from the 
north would increase the chances for success 
there. 

Accordingly it was arranged that troops 
should march from place to place in the early 
hours of daylight, thus giving the impression 
that it was the tail-end of an all-night march. 



72 ALSACE 

Throughout the Divisional sector much moving 
about in this manner was done. Companies E 
and F, Fifty-Fourth Infantry, on the morning 
of the 24th of September, hiked for this pur- 
pose from Camp Boussat to Le Mayeur. That 
they were observed by the enemy is evidenced 
by the prompt artillery fire he opened upon 
them. There were a few casualties. To 
keep up the deception it was, of course, 
necessary that all troops thus marching should 
return to their Camps at night, and without 
the enemy learning of it in any way. Naturally, 
the return trips were made under strict dis- 
cipline, and smoking and loud talking were for- 
bidden. Many patrols were fired upon and 
minor raids resulted. 

The first party of the Fifty-Fourth to draw 
rifle fire from the enemy was an ambush patrol 
of First Battalion Scouts, under Lieutenant 
Bender. On the night of September 12th this 
party, working its way through No Man's 
Land in the De Galbert Sector, was discovered 
by an enemy outpost and fired upon. It was 
able, however, to withdraw without loss. 

The men were getting more and more rest- 
less, and eager for something to do. The scouts 
of each battalion were being trained in the line 
of work they were to do, but were becoming 
anxious to prove their knowledge with actual 
experience. On the night of September 16th- 
17th a raiding party of men specially selected 
from the First and Second Battalion Scouts of 



ALSACE 73 

the Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth Infantries, 
under Major Enoch B. Gary, Division Scout 
Officer, Lieutenants Bender and INIcIntosh, of 
the Fifty-Fourth Infantn,% and Lieutenants 
Hoss and Starnes, of the Fifty-Third Infantry, 
left C. R. Benoit in the Fiftv-Third Sector, and 
proceeded toward the enemy positions in front 
of C. R. Robinson, with the intention of secur- 
ing some prisoners. The patrol had been out 
two nights previously; on the first to acquaint 
themselves w4th the terrain of No ]\Ian's Land, 
and on the second to learn what they could 
about the enemy wire. Major Gary's own re- 
port on this night's work follows: 

"We found by reconnaissance on the night of 
the 15th-16th that the wire at this point was 
electrified, and came prepared on the night of 
the 16th-17th, with a ladder especially con- 
structed to cross over it. We arrived at this 
point immediately after the moon had set, 
about 1.15 A. M. The wind was blowing, and 
the current was turned off. We cut the wires, 
which were found to be 2I/2 feet high, and 4 
feet wide. We then proceeded to the wire 
entanglements due east, and found very heavy 
wire entanglements, which it took 30 minutes 
to cut and cross. 

"We entered the enemy trenches directly 
south of that point, and found them to be aban- 
doned and in verj^ bad condition. We found a 
trail running along the southern edge of the 
abandoned trenches, evidently used for the pur- 



74 ALSACE 

pose of transporting supplies to the enemy 
troops located in the salient southeast of Sond- 
ernach. We halted at one point. In coming 
to this place we proceeded vigorously and with- 
out hesitation. We rushed the sentinel, cap- 
turing him without firing a shot, and demanded 
the whereabouts of his comrades. 

"Three Germans were in a dugout below, 
and they barricaded the door, which Avas broken 
open. We captured the men, and the dugout 
was carefully searched for papers. The patrol 
returned with four prisoners over a route paral- 
lel to and 100 yards southwest of the route over 
which we advanced from the starting point. 
Not a shot was fired on the patrol. 

"We obtained the countersign and the posi- 
tion of the enemy reported to be about 200 
meters south of the position we captured. It 
was impracticable to proceed farther, as day- 
light was approaching, and the entanglements 
in No JNIan's Land had to be crossed. 

"I am satisfied that the principle of selecting 
a definite objective and proceeding with the ut- 
most audacity after entering the German lines 
is the sound one to be pursued. The counter- 
sign can always be taken from the captured 
prisoner, near-by enemy detachments can also 
be obtained, and the enemy is at a great dis- 
advantage in having our troops operating in 
his rear and flank. The suddenness of an 
attack upon him so confuses him that he will 
not, I believe, in principle, fire upon the party. 







MAjOUNTAINS, ALSACE. 




MAP SHOWING POSITIONS OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH UNITS IN THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS, ALSACE. 



ALSACE 75 

"From the admissions made by the sentinel 
whom we rushed grenades were thrown by him, 
by order, at stated intervals. Throughout the 
night we heard these grenades thrown at inter- 
vals of about 40 minutes; what the object of 
this was I have not determined. My feeling 
about the matter, however, is that they were 
thrown for the purpose of frightening away 
any patrols." 

Private Robert G. Buchanan, Company "B," 
Fifty-Fourth Infantry, was a specially selected 
member of this patrol. He broke into the bar- 
ricaded dugout, disarmed three Germans and 
brought them out without assistance from the 
other members of the party. For this, and later 
examples of coolness and bravery. Private 
Buchanan was awarded the D. S. C. and the 
French Croix de (luerre. 

Two nights later, on the 18th-19th of Sep- 
tember, a patrol of 27 men from "F" Com- 
pany, under Sergeant Francis, left P. A. 9, C. 
R. Fockeday, to reconnoiter and patrol the 
Tracy road from 9:00 until 4:00 in the morn- 
ing. Along tow^ard morning they discovered 
two Germans in the underbrush and opened fire 
upon them. Owing to the dense undergrowth, 
the boches escaped. With the aid of the com- 
ing light, however, the party tracked them for 
some distance. The Germans wore hobnail 
shoes, which differed from the American shoes 
in that there were no horseshoe plates on the 
heels. 



76 ALSACE 

That day also, at about 9 :30 in the morning, 
two officers and 23 men from A Company left 
their G. C. in the De Galbert Sector, with the 
object of taking prisoners. Crossing a creek, 
the patrol advanced to enemy ground with ut- 
most caution. From a distance they saw two 
Germans enter a house, and followed. Before 
they could enter the house, however, they were 
discovered and fired upon, and returned the 
fire. Taking skirmish formation, the party 
continued to advance until the enemy opened 
with machine gun fire, when they signaled for 
friendly machine gun fire, and under its pro- 
tection withdrew to the American lines. One 
man was wounded, which was the only casualty. 

On the 22nd of September friendly trench 
mortars kept up a heavy fire upon enemy wire 
opposite Bois-en-Brosse, De Galbert. Accord- 
ingly, on that night. Lieutenants ]\IcIntosh, 
Second Battalion Scout Officer, and Read, 
Third Battalion Scout Officer, with four men 
from the Third Battalion Scouts, left G. C. 3, 
Bois-en-Brosse, about 8:45 for the purpose of 
ascertaining the extent of the damage inflicted 
upon the enemy wire. Just before the wire was 
reached a hostile patrol of about 20 men was 
encountered and fired upon. The fire was 
returned from three points, the rifle fire being 
flanked on each side by automatics. The patrol 
withdrew, followed by a bombardment of hand 
grenades and "pigs." Private Nichols of 
Company "L" was killed by the explosion of a 



ALSACE 77 

grenade, but his body was recovered and 
brought back to the hnes. The nature of the 
return fire, and the position of the hostile party, 
would tend to indicate that the patrol was an 
ambush, laid in anticipation of a reconnaissance 
of the wire, after the bombardment. 

During this time artillery fire was constant 
all along the sector. Fockeday was subjected 
to a particularly severe shelling on the evening 
of September 25th. The bombardment opened 
with high explosive shells, but soon it was dis- 
covered that gas shells were coming over. The 
weather conditions were favorable to the enemy 
for this type of shelling, as the air was moist 
and hesivy, and the wind blew up the slope. 
The gas was of a lachrymating sort, as even a 
mild exposure produced floods of tears, and a 
violent sickness at the stomach, as well. There 
was but one casualty, which was a slight wound 
from a shell fragment. 

On September 27th, while an artillery duel 
was in progress, a shell going over Kleinkopf 
fell short, and struck a tree just above a dugout 
mouth at G. C. 588, in the Fockeday sub-sector. 
Two men of Company "D," Sergeant Justice 
and Private IMcIntyre, were fatally wounded; 
the former died the next day at the hospital, 
and the latter died at the dressing station at 
Fockeday. Five others, including a French 
Engineer, from the observation station which 
was located there, and who had an arm blown 
off, were seriously wounded. 



78 ALSACE 

Meanwhile preparations were being made 
for a raid larger than anj^ yet undertaken in 
the sector. The bombardment of the enemy 
wires, beginning several days before, was a 
part of this preparation. On the afternoon of 
September 28th, at 4:30, Lieutenants Mcin- 
tosh and Read penetrated No Man's Land 
opposite Bois-en-Brosse to reconnoiter enemy 
wire. They found an opening of about 150 
yards in width, and penetrating all the way in 
depth except about 10 yards. The officers got 
as far as the opening permitted, and from this 
point obtained a good view of the whole reverse 
slope of the enemy second line trench. Dug- 
outs were observed to be, for the most part, 
above ground, and smoke was seen coming from 
them. There was not much barbed wire here, 
and no trace of electric wire was discovered, 
but a buzzer or telephone wire was found run- 
ning from a demolished dugout to the rear. 
As the reconnaissance was now completed the 
officers started back to the lines. At this junc- 
ture they were discovered by the enemy, who 
opened promptly with machine gun fire, and 
later with "pigs." After an exciting thirty 
minutes, during which Lieutenant Mcintosh 
was caught and held for some time by barbed 
wire, they succeeded in getting back to the 
American lines. 

That same evening, at 7:15, Lieutenant Ben- 
der and 17 men from the First Battalion 
Scouts also went out to learn what they could. 



ALSACE 79 

Two enemy patrols were observed leaving their 
wire due east of them. One German sentinel 
was killed by the patrol, who were unable to 
capture the body, owing to a large enemy 
patrol moving on their right at the time. 

Plans for the raid, which was to come off on 
the following morning, were now complete. 
Lieutenants Mcintosh and Read, with 102 men 
from the Second and Third Battalion Scouts 
and Company "M," were to "jump off" at 4:30 
on the morning of the 29th September. The 
signal for the beginning of the attack was to 
be two shells fired from trench mortars under 
charge of the French fifteen seconds before 
4:30. At 4:27 three shells from friendly artil- 
lery were fired into the enemy lines. The 
trench mortar bombs were never fired. At 4.30 
the officer in command gave the signal to go 
forward. The barrage support, given by the 
French, was promptly met by an enemy coun- 
ter-barrage of such intensity that the greater 
part of the raiders was unable to penetrate to 
the objective. Lieutenant Mcintosh, with three 
men, did, however, succeed in reaching the ob- 
jective, the enemy second line trenches, and 
found them unoccupied. At 4:43 the signal for 
withdrawal was given. Getting back was found 
to be a more difficult matter than the advance 
had been. For the advance had been down hill, 
which gave the raiders the advantage in crossing 
the barbed wire barricades. Upon the return, 
however, barricades which had been knee-high as 



80 ALSACE 

they went down now were found to be waist- 
high, and against such difficulties the party 
made the return. In all, there were 46 cas- 
ualties. One officer and seven men were killed 
instantly and three more died on the way to the 
hospital. The officer, Lieutenant Ingram of 
Company "M," was in an adjoining C. R. when 
it became covered by the enemy barrage. His 
men were all at their posts in the trenches, and 
he proceeded to get them under cover. He had 
succeeded in doing this and was himself return- 
ing to his dugout, when a 75 burst where the 
men had been just a moment before. The 
Lieutenant was instantly killed, but his heroic 
action had saved the lives of at least sixteen 
men. 

Brigadier General James B. Erwin, after 
carefully reviewing the facts in the case, arrived 
at the following conclusions : 

"The openings made in the German wire 
had been made several days previous to the day 
of the raid by several days' foing of trench 
mortar bombs. This may, and doubtless did, 
direct the enemy's attention to this part of his 
line. But admit that he did expect an attack 
at this point, the quickness with w^hich he laid 
down his barrage after the first bomb had fallen 
in his line could not be accounted for on this 
ground. I am quite well satisfied that he was 
well informed as to the exact hour and location 
of our attack. 



ALSACE 81 

"Though the raid this morning entailed 
losses which are regrettable, I am firmly of the 
opinion that the final result will be beneficial. 
It has shown the Germans that there are Amer- 
ican officers and soldiers who have the bravery 
and nerve to go up against the strongest por- 
tion of the line held by them in this sector, and 
to determine whether their trenches are or are 
not to be occupied. This was accomplished by 
Lieutenant Mcintosh and three men. They 
accomplished the mission on which they were 
sent, and made a complete tour of the German 
trench assigned to them, without finding it 
occupied." 

On the same morning of this raid, but about 
fifteen minutes earlier, an enemy patrol was 
discovered by members of Company "B." The 
patrol was first observed coming through wire 
on the east side of G. C. 1, C. R. Balmain, in 
the Colette Sector. The sentinel commanded 
"Halt! Hands up!" when the Germans had 
approached to within 75 meters, and two men 
were seen to run away. They were fired on 
with automatic rifles, and later a small patrol 
followed them in the hope of capturing some 
prisoners, but they were unable to overtake 
them. The patrol picked up three German 
hand grenades, of the "potato masher" variety, 
two pairs of wire cutters and some clothing. 

It was shortly after this, on the morning of 
the 4th October, that the biggest artillery duel 
in our experience occurred. About four 



82 ALSACE 

o'clock on this morning the Germans opened 
with a heavy bombardment all along the front 
of the De Galbert Sector. Large and small 
calibre, gas, shrapnel and high explosive shells 
were used. Friendly artillery, without waiting 
for orders, promptly laid down a counter bar- 
rage on the enemy's front opposite this sector. 
These French artillery positions, near Camp 
Boussat, were then bombarded by the Germans, 
but without effect. The duel kept up until 
a quarter to five. About 2,000 shells in all 
were fired by the enemy, and an almost equal 
number by the French. That there was no 
infantry attack at this point is doubtless due to 
the promptness with which the counter bar- 
rage was laid down on the enemy's front. The 
French Infantry, however, holding the posi- 
tion on our right, were raided that morning. 

The period of our occupation was now draw- 
ing to a close. In many respects it had been 
an exceedingly active one, for all it was a 
"quiet" sector. No one could be idle. First, 
there w^as the matter of supplies. Regular sup- 
plies depended primarily upon the successful 
and continuous operation of the cable. This 
meant hard work on the part of the engineers. 
When a German shell did find its mark on that 
mountainside, the resulting tangle of snarled 
cable and carrying "baskets" presented a dis- 
heartening spectacle, indeed. But it was never 
out of order very long, thanks to American 
ingenuity and willingness to work. 



ALSACE 83 

In addition to the cable, roads, trenches and 
dugouts had to be constantly repaired ; lines of 
communication had to be kept up, which meant 
plenty of work for the signal men. The 
trenches of a salient several hundred yards in 
depth at a point in the Colette Sector, known 
as Point 400, had to be repaired every day. 
Owing to its proximity to the German lines, 
enemy one-pounders registered upon it with 
direct fire almost constantly. The sole means 
of communication with this point was a cov- 
ered trench, 400 yards long, which also had to 
be carefully kept in repair. 

Then, too, there was a constant tension, for 
artillery fire had an unpleasant way of begin- 
ning just when one least expected it, so on the 
whole no one was sorry when on the night of 
the 9th-10th October the relief of the Regiment 
began. Our sector was taken over by the First 
French Division, which was holding the line to 
the south of us, and which simply extended its 
front so as to include this sector. 

By the 11th the relief was complete, and the 
last of the Fifty-Fourth units had wended its 
way around the mountain roads, through 
I^archey and Boussat, and down the corkscrew 
trail they had so laboriously climbed upon their 
first arrival. From Kruth the route followed 
the Thur River down, through Oderen, Feller- 
ingen and A¥esserling, then struck off into the 
mountain pass, through which a narrow-gauge 
railway operates into Bussang. Here the Regi- 



84 ALSACE 

ment divided, and the First Battalion, with 
Regimental Headquarters, and specialty com- 
panies proceeded to Saint Maurice, while the 
Second and Third Battalions marched to I^e 
Thillot, farther down the Moselle River. 

In this new area the natural scenery was 
promptly utilized as maneuver material, and 
many a hill was taken and retaken by the 
skirmishing" ex-trench warriors. Not quite two 
weeks of this, and we were again on the move. 
This time, while there was much sage specu- 
lation as to our probable destination, each one 
felt, down in his heart, that at last we were 
going to the "big music," and that finally we 
were to take a hand in larger things. 

On the night of 26th October the Regiment 
assembled at Bussang, and, after the customary 
wait in the cold, clear starlight, boarded the 
Hommes-40, Chevaux-8, and rolled northward. 
How we abominated the vile smelling cars, 
which had so recently been used for transport- 
ing the property last named on their business 
shingles! And yet, in the weeks to come, how 
we would have welcomed the sight of anything 
on wheels — even to a rolling kitchen. 

We passed through Epinal, Toul, St. Mihiel 
and Revigny, and detrained on the 28th. Some 
units left the train at Givry-en-Argonne, while 
others detrained at Sainte Mennehould. After 
a 20-kilometer hike we arrived at our new 
camp, at Grange le Compte, which had been 
the Headquarters of the Forty-Second Division 




CAPTAIN THOMAS L. ALEXANDER, COMMANDER OF "F" 
COMPANY, AND, WPPH THE EXCEPTION OF SHORT 
INTERVALS, COMMANDER OP THE SECOND BATTALION. 



CAPTAIN WALLACE FISHER, 
RE GI MENTAL SUPPLY 
OFFICER AND COMMANDER 
OF THE SUPPLY COMPANY. 
SOMETIME COMMANDER OF 
COMPANY "E." 



MAJOR RALPH B. 
ANDREWS. C O M- 
MANDER OF THE 
THIRD BATTALION 
DURING THE ARMIS- 
TICE PERIOD. 



AI.SACE 85 



at the beginning of the Argonne drive, about 
four kilometers from Clermont-en- Argonne. 

Here drilling was resimied, and excess bag- 
gage disposed of, for it seemed that at last we 
were to have our chance. 



CHAPTER V 

THROUGH MUD TO VICTORY. 

Meuse-Argonne. 

"At half-past five's Revelly, an' our tents they down must come, 
Like a lot of button mushrooms when you pick 'em up at 'ome. 
But it's over in a minute, an' at six the column starts, — " 

These last three days in October, which the 
Regiment spent as Army Reserve in Camps 
Ranges, Haghes and Dauphin, were, as the 
men well knew, merely a respite before going 
into the INIeuse-Argonne offensive. Neverthe- 
less the halt was welcomed by the Regiment, 
which had an opportunity to refresh its knowl- 
edge of open warfare after the six weeks of 
trench fighting in Alsace. Closing the month 
\^ ith a maneuver north of Waly, in which the 
rolling kitchens got their first "try-out," orders 
came to move up to the front on November 1st, 
when the First Army was to "jump off" in 
what proved to be the final offensive. Accord- 
ingly, it became the mission of the unit to fol- 
low up the Seventy- Seventh and Seventy- 
Eighth, which were in contact with the Fourth 
French Army, and to support these divisions. 
The second phase of the great offensive had 
ended with Grand Pre in the possession of the 

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88 MEUSE-ARGONNE 

troops of the First Army. The heights to the 
north of the Aire were still in the hands of the 
Germans and the "jump-ofF" on November 1, 
which followed the seventy-two hour barrage, 
so distinctly heard at Clermont, was the begin- 
ning on this sector of an effort to overcome the 
last great stronghold in the Argonne. Stub- 
born resistance was expected and it was the 
plan apparently for the Sixth Division to re- 
lieve one of these divisions north of Grand Pre. 
This would undoubtedly have resulted in plac- 
ing the Fifty-First and Fifty-Second in the 
front waves with the Fifty-Third and Fifty- 
Fourth immediately in support. 

Once having gotten under way the whole 
plan seemed to be obscured in such tremendous 
masses of troops, equipment, artillery, supply 
trains, and every imaginable form of war mate- 
rial that the whole scheme was lost to the ordi- 
nary observer. The entire offensive on this 
sector was apparently a chaotic advance, while, 
as a matter of course, each unit had very simple 
but definite directions. And one of the most 
remarkable sights of this offensive was the 
ease with which the different units assembled, 
advanced parallel to and often through other 
units at day and at night and reassembled at 
definite points, attesting to expert liaison and 
co-operation. To the historian the period pre- 
sents very meagre material. As stated, the 
orders were simple and definite. They were 
also few, as the records have been able to show. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE 89 

The Regiment moved out from camp near 
Clermont at 1:30 P. M., November 1, during 
which it rained as usual. The packs which had 
been somewhat lightened by the making of 
squad rolls began to absorb rain and mud in 
order to make up for this loss in weight. The 
infantry soon left the road and took a trail over 
an Argonne Ridge, leaving wagon trains, roll- 
ing kitchens and trucks to toil along the muddy 
road. Although well shielded by the foliage 
of the trees the column halted at every sound 
of aeroplanes. At dusk the top of the ridge 
was reached and then the speed slackened. One 
always had to double-time uphill because the 
head of the column having passed over the in- 
cline "stepped out" down hill. Consequently 
the rear had to strain both muscle and vocabu- 
lary to keep closed up. B}^ the time the rear 
reached the top the head would be starting up 
another hill slowly and therefore the tail of the 
cokmin could stroll leisurely downhill just as it 
had sprinted frantically up. After having re- 
peated the exercises several times with equal 
success a town was sighted, a good road picked 
up and the billets at Les Islettes reached. The 
Regiment had been nearly twelve hours under 
pack and had traversed the Argonne ridges 
to the distance of about eighteen kilometers. 
The rolling kitchens had not arrived, which 
saved the men the trouble of eating supper. 
And so ended the first day of what proved to 
be a thirtv-six-dav hike. 



90 MEUSE-ARGONNE 

Saturday, November 2, proved to be a mem- 
orable day for the Fifty-Fourth. After five 
hours' sleep the men arose with each back beau- 
tifully patterned from the wire bunks they had 
slept on. One blanket was of little service as 
a mattress, especially if one were between the 
blanket and the wire. Nevertheless the men 
were refreshed and ready, and cheerfully pro- 
ceeded to put last night's supper where break- 
fast should have been. Thus the cooks wlio 
had come up with the kitchens during the night 
scored one point. The Regiment moved out 
on a splendid avenued road at 8 A. M. and 
soon it began to rain. The Commanding Offi- 
cer did nothing about the rain, so the column 
plugged on and ignored it, too. Soon the 
French reserve dugouts and trenches and en- 
tanglements were reached. Later in the morn- 
ing the support, and at noon the Regiment 
crossed the famous Hindenburg Line, which 
had been so effectively smashed a little over a 
month before. Even now it was but a thinning 
in the woods, blasted trees and stumps and 
then a barren ridge littered with wire and tim- 
bers, a mass of debris churned to a pulp by 
shellfire. No sign of life was there — nothing 
save a dead ridge stretching far to the East 
and to the West and a donkey pulling a string 
of cars on the right, engineers mending the 
shattered road and the long drab line of the 
Regiment advancing in column of twos through 
the endless mud. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE 91 

And so the Regiment passed without song 
or hurrah into redeemed French territory- 
redeemed after the Huns had held it for four 
years. There were ample signs of German 
presence now — German signboards, German 
graves, support trenches, entanglements and 
dugouts and cemeteries. At 3 P. M. the Regi- 
ment was halted — no one seemed to know why 
except that the whole column halted. Then it 
poured rain from the heavens, mud from the 
earth while the men sat on their packs or built 
fires and wondered what a dry spot would feel 
like and look like. At dark march was resumed, 
while General Erwin and the Colonel stood 
aside to let the boys pass. They remarked that 
the men had a good stride. Then a sharp turn 
was made to the right by a transverse bog 
once a road. It was one of these disreputable 
roads that had lost all conscience and had no 
bottom to its character. It had drunk too 
much. It was knee-deep in mud and single 
file was a "toss-up" as to whether one could 
keep in sight of the chap in front or not. It 
was a trail over stumps, around shell-holes, 
through wire, across graves, up banks on hands 
and knees with men getting lost by files, twos, 
squads, platoons, companies and once or twice 
by battalions. It was rain in sheets and yells 
to "Halt," "Keep closed up." Finally it was 
hell and eternally it was groans and curses. 
But all that ended, after two hours' misery, as 
suddenl}^ as it began, when at last lights ap- 



92 MEUSE-ARGONNE 

peared and the Regiment found itself in Ger- 
man reserve billets or dugouts at Boise de Bou- 
zon. Squeezing in wherever they could find 
room, wet, cold, mud-soaked, tired, men and 
officers alike slept where they dropped without 
dinner, except a crust of bread, no supper ex- 
cept what was found lying about in cans. With 
seventeen hours on the road and twelve on the 
march, covering twenty-five kilometers, the 
Regiment felt it had done its part and de- 
served a night's sleep. So they called it a day. 

^leanwhile the offensive was progressing 
with more success than expected. The heights 
beyond Grand Pre had been taken and the 
w^oods cleared. The Seventy- Seventh and 
Seventy-Eighth pushed on at the heels of the 
Hun, which compelled a change in the plan to 
have the Sixth jump-ofF just beyond Grand 
Pre. The Fifty-Fourth and the rest of the unit 
from thence on had for its mission that of re- 
serve and supports to the divisions ahead as 
well as support to the point w^here the lines of 
the American First Army and the French 
Fourth Army joined. 

This change in plan explains the halt in 
march on the afternoon of November 2 and the 
short stay at Bois de Bouzon November 3. 
Aroused at about 7 A. INI. the men, being true 
soldiers, began to explore. There were billets 
on the slope of the ridge everywhere — log, 
dugout, bow-hut and concrete — but all show- 
ing the thorough workmanship of the Hun, 




LEFT— CAPTAIN LLOYD C. PARSONS, COMMANDER OF 
COMPAiNY "A," AND AT NUMEROUS PERIODS A BATTALION 
COMMANDER. RIGHT— CAPTAIN CORWIN C. SMITH, COM- 
MANDING COMPANY "E." 




CAI'TAIN EDWARD J. HARDIN. COMMANDER OF 
COMPANY 'D." 



MEUSE-ARGONNE 93 

who expected to occupy them permanently. 
For four years, intrenched in these comfort- 
able quarters, they had constructed large thea- 
tres, partly dugout, equipped with footlights, 
grand piano and curtain. There were also 
rustic walks, stairways, wash and bath houses 
and billets, all giving the impression of some 
mountain resort or park. 

And everjnvhere could be found thousands of 
dollars' worth of equipment — American and 
German — scattered through the imderbrush. 
Rifles, belts, canteens, shelter halves, overcoats, 
toilet kits, blouses, blankets, breeches, shoes, 
raincoats, ammunition, rations — anything that 
a soldier could strip himself of before going 
into the scrimmage. This, then, was part of the 
famous "million dollar dump." It was fortu- 
nate for many of the chaps that such conditions 
existed, for the supply trains were havhig dif- 
ficulty in getting up owing to the mud and the 
congestion, and the large quantities of canned 
goods foraged kept starvation away during the 
three meals when no rations were issued. 

After a hasty breakfast most of the men 
began to clean up without concerning them- 
selves with what the orders for the day might 
be. Shoes, leggings, overcoats and trousers 
were scraped in the vain hope of removing the 
mud. A wash and a shave also helped to tone. 
Orderly rooms were established, which was al- 
ways a good sign to the men. With the possi- 
bility of a few days' rest and the good news 



94 MEUSE-ARGONNE 

that Jerry was still on the retreat spirits rose, 
though there was a restlessness which came 
from the desire to help drive the Hun. Details 
were sent to help bring up the kitchens ; blanket 
rolls arrived. 

Then the news came that the rapid retreat 
of the Germans had made this Post of Security 
no longer necessary and orders arrived for the 
Regiment to move on up to the front. 

The Regiment moved out about 5 P. JM., and 
it was nearly dark before the column cleared 
Camp and swung into the muddy road. All 
along the line the boys were asking how far 
it was to the front and truck drivers kept say- 
ing the boches were falling back. Of course 
it began to rain and then, once started, it rained 
harder. By 10 o'clock the men and packs were 
sodden. Every fifty minutes there was a ten 
minutes' rest and the men no longer tried to 
find sod to sit on ; they simply moved to the side 
of the road and dropped where they stopped 
and there sat on their packs or in the mud and 
silently listened to the rain splash, and won- 
dered how those cold drops of water would feel 
when at last they succeeded in getting by the 
collars on their way down. So it went until 
at midnight lights appeared — a town — skele- 
tons of houses, here and there a tiny fire — and 
behind loomed a dark Argonne ridge. Soldiers 
that were standing alongside, men of the Fifty- 
First Infantry, told the boys the town was 
Chat el Chehery. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE 95 

Instead of hiking through Chatel, the col- 
umn turned sharply to the left and filed up a 
hill (always uphill and always mud), while the 
Machine Gun Company, which had been forced 
to leave its guns, so far pulled by hand, passed 
and repassed and got into all the shellholes. 
Then began an inching process which was to 
continue for nearly two hours. A large shell- 
hole up ahead compelled the cohmin to take a 
round-about course, which in the dark was 
very slow. One advanced only a step or two 
and then halted for a few minutes. In this 
manner the top of the ridge was eventually 
reached. 

Here a cold wind blew, chilling the rain- 
soaked column. Then as the shellliole was 
passed one had to double-time, till perspiration 
ran, in order to catch up. Finally it was dis- 
covered that the wrong road had been taken in 
the dark, and then there was more halting. 
About 2 A. ]M. a good road was again found 
and the column (now composed of the tail-end 
companies that had lost contact) stepped out 
rapidly, thankful for a stiff pace as more to 
be preferred in spite of weary muscles than 
chilling halts. The miserable night ended by 
the Regiment going into bivouac in a boggy, 
shell-shot field four kilometers to the southeast 
of Grand Pre. As it was 3 A. M. when the 
last of the column reached the camp many men 
did not even pitch "pup-tents," but simply lay 
down on the mud and covered themselves with 



96 MEUSE-ARGONNE 

their overcoats and raincoats. The Regiment 
had been nearly ten hours on the road and had 
traversed a distance of twenty kilometers. 

Reveille sounded at 5 A. M. on November 4, 
and some companies therefore had had less 
than two hours' sleep, such as it was. Having 
policed Camp after cooking breakfast at scores 
of little fires, each man his own chef, the column 
started toward Grand Pre. Traffic on the roads 
was so great that advancing columns (there 
were no others) were forced to march in the 
fields. Articles of clothing, ammunition, hel- 
mets, broken wagons, trucks and other debris 
told all too plainly that it was a beaten foe the 
Yanks were closely following. That helped to 
spur the column on, and in an hour the valley 
of the Aire, which here cuts the Argonne from 
East to West, was reached. Beyond in plain 
view lay Grand Pre, the last great stronghold 
of the Huns south of the Meuse River. Pass- 
ing between rows of trees, splintered and 
frazzled, the Fifty-Fourth Infantry crossed the 
Aire on a bridge still being repaired by engi- 
neers and entered Grand Pre — a shattered, 
still city. 

Beyond Grand Pre the roads became more 
muddy, more and more congested. Signs were 
passed everj^where — "Mustard Gas. Do not 
lie or sit on the ground." The road led over 
the ridge where original plans called for the 
Sixth to "jump off." About noon the town of 
Le Morthomme (the Dead Man) was reached. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE 97 

There had been stubborn resistance here. Amer- 
ican equipment was scattered outside the town. 
In the orchard lay a heap of four dead Boches. 
The first house was riddled at the corner and 
around the windows where enemy machine 
guns and snipers had been recently placed. 
Another group of Huns lay in the street. The 
Fifty-Fourth, after having passed the usual 
pleasant compliment on the appearance of 
these "squareheads," moved on, dodging shell- 
holes, dead horses and a dense stream of traffic 
through Briquenay, and, finally, about 4 P. ]M. 
pitched "pup-tents" near Buzancy. The Regi- 
ment had been nine hours on the road, covering 
a distance of twenty kilometers. 

Here a new experience was "enjoyed" b\' 
the Fifty-Fourth. Once "pup-tents" had been 
pitched and dry grass collected, fires were 
started in the preparation of supper. Prac- 
tically every tent had its fire built with infinite 
patience. The Regiment and other units in the 
vicinity had thousands of campfires. As dark 
came on the lights scattered over the countr}^- 
side grew more and more brilliant. The men, 
however, were too busv boihno^ coffee and f rv- 
ing bacon to spend much time in admiring the 
beauty of the scene. Then came the whir of 
an aeroplane and "Bang!" "Fires out! Fires 
out!" came orders instantly and, in a moment, 
out went thousands of fires and spoiled were 
thousands of suppers. "Bang!" a little farther 
away, and again still fainter, and the men be- 



98 MEUSE-ARGONNE 

gan to gather themselves together from the 
fields and hedges. The Regiment fortunately 
sustained no casualties and had otherwise a 
very quiet night and the first real sleep in four 
days. 

On the morning of November 5th we began 
to draw sufficient quantities of rations — soft 
bread, sugar, coffee, canned goods — and by this 
time the men were taking along a liberal re- 
serve. They had learned well the lesson of the 
uncertainty of food supply. The Regiment 
started its march at 8 A. M. after having wit- 
nessed Alhed fliers down a Boche plane. Sod- 
den fields, battered railroad tracks, sprung 
bridges, shellholes, roads jammed as far as the 
eye can see with war litter, long lines of trucks, 
their drivers tired, muddy and with blood- 
shot eyes, forever telling the same story, "Hell, 
buddy, there ain't no front," castaway equip- 
ment, dead men and horses, and interminable 
parallel lines of Yanks — plodding North — 
that was what happened in the Argonne those 
November days. And then a little farther on 
a truck driver yelled, "It's no use, boys. You'll 
never catch 'em. They're going by trains 
now." 

About twelve-thirty Authe was reached, with 
its white flags still flying. A few civilians, old 
men and women, had preferred to stay at the 
risk of a bombardment. Here the Regiment 
camped after a very short hike, and there was 
ample time to get "pup -tents" in good order 



MEUSE-ARGONNE 99 

and to prepare supper before dusk. After 
dark it began to drizzle and men and officers 
snuggled in their blankets and prayed that 
nothing would occur to require a move till 
morning. Fortunes of war decreed differently. 
At 9 P. M. the various battalion P. C.'s sent 
out runners warning the companies to strike 
tents at eleven and to move out at midnight. 
These orders were carried out with remarkable 
promptness despite the dark, the mud and 
downpour. At midnight the Regiment moved 
through Authe. Orders had come for the 
Division to "be prepared to pass through the 
front line division or to extend the corps' zone of 
action west to the Bar River, attacking in the 
direction of Chevenges Frenois." So the Regi- 
ment marched to St. Pierremont and then came 
to a halt. Again the rapid retreat of the enemy 
had made necessary a readjustment of plans, 
and the Regiment was forced to stand on the 
road in the rain and chill till dayhght. 

The next day, November 6th, we advanced 
northward along almost impassable roads, 
marching through the villages, Oches and La 
Berliere. Here the civilians gave a very touch- 
ing welcome. After four years of German do- 
minion, during which they had been told it w^as 
useless to ever hope for help from America, 
they awoke that morning to find the Hun gone 
and American troops by thousands plodding 
through. Another instance of Hun propa- 
ganda defeated by American facts. 



100 MEUSE-ARGONNE 

At 9:45 A. M. Stonne, which stands on the 
edge of the scarpe overlooking the Meuse Valley, 
was reached. Shells were bursting on the road 
and the rattle of machine guns could be heard 
distinctly. The Eleventh Brigade moved into 
the front lines with the Twelfth Brigade, the 
Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth, in support. The 
shattered roads, bad weather and congestion 
compelled the Twelfth Brigade to remain at 
Stonne. Meanwhile the advance patrols crossed 
the Meuse without opposition; Sedan was 
evacuated and the great tasks of cutting the 
Meziere-Metz Railroad had been accomplished. 
The result was simply the alternation of a gen- 
eral retreat by the Germans from France and 
Belgium or surrender. 

The Fifty-Fourth spent three days of severe 
weather — rainy and chilly — in shelter tents at 
Stonne, then on November 8 Field Order 35 
directed the Division to proceed by marching 
to a new area, where enemy resistance was 
more determined. March was resumed at 4 
A. M. November 9, and the hardships de- 
scribed continued with the same severity. The 
night of November 9 was spent at Authe, No- 
vember 10 at Verpel. Heavy frost fell on each 
of these nights and the men had to thaw out 
their shoes and shelter halves in the mornings 
before they could respond to "belt and pack." 

On Monday, November 11 (Armistice Day) , 
the Regiment was still on the march, reversing 
as to direction the miserable night march over 



MEUSE-ARGONNE 101 

the ridge at Chatel Chehery by a hard day 
march. Long strings of heavy artillery also 
going back were passed on the way. The feel- 
ing was in the air that the war was practically 
over. It was rumored that the armistice would 
be signed at 11 A. M., but 11 o'clock came and 
still no news. Not that it mattered. Every 
one felt that it was now merely a matter of 
hours. At 2 P. M. the Regiment slipped down 
over the hill at Chatel Chehery into the town. 
A major was standing alongside as the men 
filed by. Then he announced, "It's all over, 
boys. The armistice was signed at 11 o'clock." 

All through the column there spread a low 
hum of conversation and jokes, but there was 
scarcely a cheer. Eveiyone was talking about 
the same thing and nobody was listening. There 
seemed to be only three questions: "When do 
we go home?" "What will we do until we go?" 
"What will we do when we get home?" To 
the last question there was a fairly unanimous 
answer. The majority agreed that the first 
thing they would do would be to beat it into a 
restaurant and order hot cakes and syrup. 

And then the Regiment went into camp at 
Chatel Chehery. The men went about their 
duty of searching for water, wood and straw 
and of pitching "pup-tents" and building fires 
as if nothing had happened. It wasn't till after 
supper that one could begin to realize that war 
was over. In the first place, trucks ran with 
their headlights ablaze, fires were not "doused" 



102 MEUSE-ARGONNE 

at dusk, and the whole Argonne was alight. 
Groups gathered around bonfires and began 
singing. Then some demoniac genius started 
working his automatic. In an instant bedlam 
broke loose — rifles, Chauchats, machine guns, 
grenades, artillery, rockets, planes and balloons 
— everything — a perfect horror of noise. The 
wiser ones donned their helmets on the principle 
that everything that goes up is bound to come 
down. Finally, after what appeared to be an 
interminable time, a bugle sounded "Cease Fir- 
ing" and the pandemonium ceased as suddenly 
as it began. And thus occurred and ended in a 
brief ten minutes the only "armistice" celebra- 
tion of the Fifty-Fourth. Groups continued sit- 
ting and singing around fires till a late hour, 
discussing the same three questions endlessly, 
and then the camp became very quiet. 



CHAPTER VI 

THROUGH MORE MUD TO REST. 

Early Armistice Period. 

"Oh, then it's open order, an' we lights our pipes an' sings, 
An' we talks about our rations an' a lot of other things, — " 

The next morning, with First Call at the 
usual hour, and with the certainty of another 
long march before them, the doughboys' enthu- 
siasm of the previous evening faded utterly 
away. "When do we go home?" "Why do we 
have to hike, if the war is over?" These and a 
score of similar questions were upon every 
tongue. Wild conjectures began to circulate. 
We were to hike to a port of embarkation for 
immediate return to the United States ; we were 
to hike to Germany and become a part of the 
Army of Occupation ; we were to hike to a rail- 
head and entrain for the j ourney to a port, or to 
Germany. The big idea in everyone's mind 
was this: "The war is over, surely we will go 
home soon. The Armistice means Peace, and 
isn't that what we were fighting for? There be- 
ing nothing left for us to do, let's go home!" 
That there still remained endless work, and 
countless tasks to be done the Fifty-Fourth was 
to learn in the months which intervened their 

103 



104 EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 

dragging tedium between that day and the 
third of the following June. 

The afternoon of November 12th found us 
at Montfaucon, the one-time headquarters of 
the Crown Prince's Army. It commands an 
excellent view of Dead Man's Hill, eight kilo- 
meters away, and from a concrete observation 
tower at Montfaucon "Willie" is said to have 
watched his army take and retake, only to lose 
again, this hill. Montfaucon itself is a heap of 
ruins. Those whose curiosity was still strong 
enough. to drag their leaden feet up the hill 
from the bivouac to the ruins of the village 
saw great mounds of brick and stone, with an 
occasional wall standing; deep, seemingly bot- 
tomless dugouts beneath the ruins and a huge 
concrete and steel bomb-proof, where the 
Crown Prince spent most of his time when 
there. 

The next stop was at Belincourt and its vi- 
cinity. Part of the men slept in billets here for 
the first time in a fortnight. More rolling kit- 
chens had broken down and were salvaged. 
Some of them were replaced by new ones but 
by this time the men had developed quite a 
talent in Domestic Art and were able to cook 
the rations issued when there was no kitchen. 
Ration carts had more success in getting 
through than kitchens. 

The next day brought the regiment into the 
battle area of Verdun. The Third Battalion 
stopped at Fort Douamont, where the hardest 



EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 105 

battle of the war was fought. The curtain or 
"barrage" shell-fire was first used with effect 
when the French recaptured this fort early in 
1916. Over a million French made the supreme 
sacrifice here, not to mention the still greater 
loss of the Germans. It was the scene of sixteen 
months' fighting. "They shall not pass," said 
the French and pass they did not. Dislike the 
French if you will, but give them credit for re- 
sisting the hardest attack in history. 

In these camps rations were more sufficient 
and conditions more favorable to comfort than 
in the previous ones. Many of the men were in 
billets with stoves for heating. For those that 
bivouacked more wood was available. Every- 
one made an attempt to clean up. Most of them 
had not bathed for weeks and many accom- 
plished a tin can bath. 

The 12th Brigade had been assigned to the 
2nd French Colonial Corps. Acting under 
orders from those headquarters they relieved 
the 26th U. S. Infantry at Fort Douamont on 
November 14th. On the morning of the 15th 
they started forward. The duty of the Regi- 
ment was to follow up the retiring German 
Army and take over all war material surren- 
dered by them in accordance with the terms of 
the Armistice. 

The Fifty-Fourth was the first of the Allied 
troops to cross the battlegrounds of Verdun. 
Organized so as to be ready for any treachery 
on the part of the enemy they crossed No Man's 



106 EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 

Land. Companies "C" and "D*'' of the 18th 
Machine Gun Battahon accompanied them, 
protecting both flanks. 

The ground had been shelled mitil it was like 
fine powder. Hardly a gravel there had not 
been cracked by an explosion. Wire entangle- 
ments had been cut into bits; but like some 
stubborn growth it refused to be eliminated. 
It stretched over tlie place in twisted rows like 
an untended vineyard. Further on German 
"pillboxes," made of concrete or stone, were 
passed. Great holes in the gromid marked the 
places where mines had been laid for tanks. 

That night most of the regiment slept in 
shell holes aroimd Beaimiont. Great quantities 
of ammunition, lumber and supplies of all 
kinds had been left behind by the Boche at this 
place. xAj'tillery of great and small calibre 
were taken over from the detail left behind bv 
the Germans to effect the surrender. 

The next day the advance was resimied. The 
Germans were retiring rapidly with the Ameri- 
cans following closelv behind them. War ma- 
terial surrendered by them was left in villages 
with details to hand them over to the Fift}^- 
Fourth. Those shattered villages were sad 
sights. Already the refugees had begun to 
arrive to reclaim them as homes. They came 
through the streets singing and rejoicing, wild 
^nth happiness. The women and children 
danced in the streets with the Tricolor woven 
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EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 107 

with joy — all but the girls of young' woman- 
hood. These must forever hang their heads in 
shame. Helpless in the hands of passion-crazed 
brutes, many had been ravished. ]Mere chil- 
dren of twelve years of age were soon to give 
birth to German babes. It was horrible to con- 
template, it drove one into a fury to think of 
how many innocent girls had been ruined by 
those soulless brutes. 

During the day the Regiment passed along 
the elaborately camouflaged road named for the 
Crown Prince. At Billy a theatre was named 
in his honor. A statue of him stood on a ped- 
estal in front of the theatre. Xeedless to say it 
was soon demolished by the doughboys. 

At Spincourt they halted and were billeted 
for the night. The sights here were more piti- 
ful than at any other place. Refugees were 
pouring in who had been deported to Germany. 
A long line of children who had been carried 
to Germany with a view to future cannon fod- 
der was returning. A French woman of not 
more than twenty-five years and her aged aunt 
had just arrived at their old home. The old 
lady had been moved from place to place dur- 
ing the war, blindfolded so that she knew not 
where. The younger woman had suffered 
much the same fate. She was pale and weak 
and so emaciated that she was little but skin 
and bones. Her clothes were tatters that 
streamed in the wind like ribbons. She stood 
hour after hour in front of her door watching 



108 EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 

the line of children as it passed — watching for 
her own three children, who had been taken 
away from her. It was bitterly cold but she 
never moved from her post. The last of the 
line passed but her children did not come. 
After a long while she turned and entered the 
house. This is but one of the stories of broken 
hearts, but it is sufficient to show the work of 
the Hun. 

The next morning an advance detachment of 
the Fifth Division arrived to relieve the Fifty- 
Fourth which had been transferred from the 
Second French Colonial Corps to the Eighth 
Corps, American. Orders were received to 
proceed to the Fourteenth Training Area in 
the Department of Cote d'Or. 

We left Spincourt on November 18th, be- 
ginning the nineteen days' hike to Cote d'Or. 
That night we were billeted at Camp Forneau, 
formerly used by the bodies. It v/as a mag- 
nificently appointed place. Every man had 
some kind of bed where he could make himself 
comfortable. The amount of war material was 
amazing. It seemed incredible that the enemy 
would give up with such supplies on hand. The 
next night was spent at Verdun. Near here a 
German bath house was discovered in good con- 
dition and ever3^one had the luxury of a bath. 
New underwear was issued also and it caused 
every man to feel cleaner than he had for many 
weeks. Things began to look brighter for the 
march-worn men, and morale rose accordingly. 



EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 109 

That night a number of men were sent away 
on the first leaves granted to the Fifty-Fourth. 
They went to Chambrey and Aix les Bains in 
a leave area of southern France. 

Two days were spent at Verdun, the Regi- 
ment starting again on November 21st. The 
next night was spent at Blercourt. 

Back through the wrecked villages the Regi- 
ment marched day after day. Thanksgiving 
evening, November 28th, found them at Lane- 
auville-a-Remy, but there was little celebration. 
As the day was spent on the march, most com- 
panies had twenty minutes for lunch — but 
nothing else. "Corned Willie and kilometers," 
as one doughboy put it, constituted the menu 
that day. 

Every village seemed to have American sol- 
diers stationed in it. If they were not soldiers 
they were JNI. P.'s who guarded the cafes and 
directed traffic with stern justice. By the last 
of the month the Fifty-Fourth was out of the 
fighting areas. Fairly good billets could be 
found in these towns that had not been shelled 
and rations became much better. New kitchens 
came in the place of the lost ones and were able 
to keep up as the roads were better and not 
crowded with trucks. The men could march in 
the roads also, whereas they had marched in the 
sticky mud of fields before the Armistice and 
for days afterward. But it rained almost every 
day and was bitterly cold all the time, causing 
extreme discomfort. However, there was no 



no EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 

complaining, the men took it all as part of the 
day's work. Many of them believed the destina- 
tion was Brest or Bordeaux and would have 
gladly hiked around the globe to approach a 
port of embarkation. 

On through the country for eight more 
weary days! December 5th they stopped at 
Yanvey. The next day was the last of the hike. 
About 11:30 A. M. Companies "L" and "M" 
dropped out of the column to be billeted in Es- 
sarois, where 12th Brigade Headquarters was 
also located. A little after 12 o'clock Com- 
panies "I" and "K" stopped at Montmoyen, 
Regimental Headquarters. The entire Second 
Battalion was billeted at St. Broing-les-Moines, 
at 2 :00 P.M. The First Battalion Headquar- 
ters and Machine Gun Companies and most of 
Supply Company went on to Minot ( famous for 
its mud) about four kilometers further on. 
They arrived about 3:00 P. M. The Big Hike 
was over. 




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THE FIFTY-FOURTH'S SECTION OF THE FOURTEENTH TRAINING 
ARli]A IN NORTHERN COTE DOR. 

1. MONTMOYEN. REGIMENTAL P. C. CO'MPANIES "I" AND "K" 
(HEADQUARTERS COMPANY AT HIERCE.) 2. ST. BROINGT. SEC- 
OND BATTALION. 3. MINOT. FIRST BATTALION AND SUPPLY 
COMPANY. 4. MOITRON. MACHINE GUN COMPANY. 0. ESSAROIS. 
COMPANIES "L" AND "M." 



CHAPTER VII. 

WHAT HAPPENED WHILE 
WAITING. 

Later Armistice Period. 

"We aren't no thin red heroes, nor we aren't no blackguards 
too. 
But single men in barracks, most remarkable like you." 

As long as the war was on the morale of the 
men needed no stimulant and after the Armis- 
tice it remained remarkably good considering 
the conditions under which they lived. But on 
reaching the Fourteenth Training Area it is not 
surprising that it should drop to a certain ex- 
tent. For one thing they were completely worn 
out from one of the hardest forced marches in 
the records of the A. E. F. They had hiked 
for twenty-five days after the Armistice, when 
there was no visible reason to them except or- 
ders. They were tired and homesick and the in- 
clination to relax from strict self -discipline was 
natural. The great motive of winning the war 
had been attained. Without a motive the lives 
of all men are aimless and controlled by en- 
vironment, no matter whether it be good or 
bad. The environment, or rather the surround- 
ings, of the Fifty-Fourth Infantry was none 

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112 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

too g-ood. The billets for a while were bare, 
cheerless places, with no stoves to heat them. 
There were no places of amusement to spend 
the hours of leisui^e. The towns were small, 
very muddj^ and dirty. 

The cafes were the only refuge for the first 
few weeks and they proved to be of no use 
except to increase court-martial cases, which al- 
ways go upward when morale goes downward. 

The Fifty-Fourth knew how to deal with its 
problem. Where the former motive was lost 
another had to be supplied. How this was done 
is an excellent demonstration of the most pro- 
gressive and clarifying human principles, the 
spirit of competition. It not only restored the 
morale, it proved a benefit to every man who be- 
came infected by it — and there was not a man 
who was not affected by it. This spirit pre- 
dominated in everything undertaken by the 
regiment and attracted the attention, as well as 
the commendation, of the Commander-in- 
Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. 

The first thing done was to make living con- 
ditions more comfortable. Bed sacks were sup- 
plied to every man so that he no longer slept on 
the bare floor. Stoves were installed to heat 
the billets and the town cleaned up so as to be 
more healthful and cheerful. Bath houses were 
built and inspections made frequently to see 
that lice were gotten rid of. Kitchens were 
improved and mess halls with tables provided. 
By Christmas things were becoming more com- 





T'PI'ER LEFT— CAPTAIN PAI'L J. M(r)ONXELL. COM.MANI)- 
IN(J FIPvST BATTALION. BEFORE HIS P. C. IX MINUT, 

FPvANCE. 

rPI»ER RIGHT— CAPTAIN WM. G. THOMPSON. COMMANDING 
COMPANY "K," AND FOR SOME TIME COMMANDER THIRD 

BATTALION. 

BELOW— FIRST BATTALION P. C, MINOT, FRANCE. 



LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 113 

fortable, but the greatest improvement was ac- 
complished after the first of the new year. 

The Y. M. C. A. put up a tent or opened a 
hut in every village. Supplies were hard to get 
but they furnished what they could. Tobacco, 
hot chocolate, and cand}" were sold there. The 
places were fitted with writing tables, and sta- 
tionery was furnished free. Books, newspapers 
and magazines were also to be had for the ask- 
ing.^ 

Entertainment was taken up next. A few 
picture shows had already been given in the 
mess halls but in January many shows were 
org-anized. Professional material was brought 
to light, and much amateur talent discovered. 
Some who had never before stood behind foot- 
lights became great favorites and v/ere allowed 
to tour the Area. Theatres were built in each 
town. They were not mere makeshifts, either. 
Scenery that no theatre would be ashamed of 
and curtains of still better quality were manu- 
factured right in the town where the theatres 
\vere built. The painting was done by men 
of the Regiment who had made that their pro- 
fession before the war. Electric lights were in- 
stalled, and seats also, as far as the supply of 
lumber permitted. Each company had a night 
to put on its show, and many other shows from 
other areas were booked by the recreation offi- 
cer. Musicians, comedians, contortionists and 
entertainers of every description were to be seen 
and heard in these theatres. Prizes were award- 



114 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

ed to the companies having the best show dur- 
ing a stated time. Interest in the shows became 
^ery high and the results they accompHshed 
cannot be overestimated. 

The Recreation Officer also had charge of all 
athletics. He arranged contests and secured 
equipment for the players. Football was very 
popular during the winter, Company "D" tak- 
ing the highest honors in the regiment. 

The most imi)ortant work done during spare 
time was that of the Post Schools. These were 
organized so as to be available for every man in 
the Regiment. Just as entertainers were fomid 
for the shows, men were found for instruc- 
tors in the schools. Practically all of them were 
college graduates and three of them university 
instructors. The curriculum sent from A. E. 
F. School Headquarters was enlarged upon. 
Teaching the fundamentals of American citi- 
zenship was stressed, especially with the foreign- 
born. Besides the elementary studies, advanced 
English, higher mathematics, bookkeeping, 
shorthand, agriculture and foreign languages 
were taught. 

At the time these schools opened there were 
1 64 men in the Regiment unable to read or write 
a letter. Before leaving the Fourteenth Train- 
ing Area every man of them was able to write 
a good letter and read the reply. 

Interest was high in every branch of the 
work, which kept absences from classes at a 
minimum. Colonel Crowley was very enthusi- 



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LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 115 

astic about the schools and did everything that 
he could to help them. By his orders men were 
excused from any duties which would keep 
them from their studies. 

Competition in attendance was very keen be- 
tween companies and was encouraged by a 
novel arrangement introduced by Lieutenant 
Longshore, First Battalion School and Recre- 
ation Officer, and later adopted throughout the 
Regiment. He placed a large blackboard in 
front of the School Office, upon which he pub- 
lished "Stock Quotations." The percentage of 
attendance of each Company constituted the 
value of their "School Stock." Other kinds of 
"Stock" which the Companies had were 
"Kitchen," the value of which was based upon 
the report of the Regimental Surgeon; "Bil- 
let," decided by the percentage of a Company's 
men who had been furnished with bunks for 
sleeping, and "Cognac Stock," as a Company's 
guardhouse record was ingenuously called. 
The School office thus became the town's center 
of activity, and interest in the work of the Post 
Schools never flagged. The enrolment reached 
1,387 men — half the strength of the Regiment 
— the largest regimental enrolment in the 
A. E. F. School Inspectors found our school 
system the best among all overseas post 
schools. 

Owing to the fact that the Regiment was 
billeted in different places, the companies knew 
little of what was happening in other parts of 



116 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

the Regiment. They seldom saw each other and 
were in danger of becoming a prey to what 
might be termed "SectionaUsm." To prevent 
this the Regimental School Officer, with the 
approval of the Commanding Officer, began the 
publication of a weekly paper, the "Fifty- 
Fourth Liaison." The following article from 
the first issue best explains the need of the 
paper : 

"Why We Are" 

"Some joykiller is going to ask the very 
first time he sees a copy of the 'Liaison,' 
'What's the idea?' The fact that the sheet 
bears the name it does should bar all questions. 
As it came out from experience in the lines and 
on the march, liaison is about the most impor- 
tant thing there is. It was essential that every- 
body should have some sort of knowledge as to 
what everybody else was doing — from the 
Colonel down to the most vmwilling K. P. 
The Intelligence had to be onto what the 
Signal Corps was doing; the Signal Corps 
must be in touch with the supply; the 
supply end had to be in touch with the 
mess sergeant and the mess sergeant 
had to have a line on the buddies in 
the trenches; the buddies had to be in touch 
with the Artillery and so on ad infinitum. 
Liaison was necessary between regiments and 
brigades, and divisions, and Army Corps and 
Armies — straight on up, backward and for- 








ABOVE— A GROUP OF POST SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS, THIRD 
BATTALION, MONTMOYEN, FRANCE. 

BELOW— SOME SECOND BATTALION SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS, 
ST. BROING, FRANCE. 



LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 117 

ward. Xapoleon said a mouthful when, in 
passing a rolUng kitchen in straitened cir- 
cumstances, he remarked to an overheated K. P. 
'An Army moves on its stomach.' He might 
have gone himself one better by reminding the 
]Mess Sergeant that a rolling kitchen moves not 
only on its wheels but on liaison as well. Good 
liaison is at the basis of military success. 

"Glory be we are not in the trenches or on 
the march right now, but are more or less cozy 
(in proportion as we make ourselves so) in 
billets. Scattered as we are in four separate 
towns, it isn't easy unless we make the effort. 
Minot ought to know that Companies 'L' and 
'M' up at Essarois have a sure-enough theatre, 
even if the theatre is an ex-cow stable (General 
Durfee doesn't mind that though, for I saw him 
sitting in the baldheaded row at a performance 
last week) . And Essarois ought to know that 
Minot has the secret of making the cafe life of 
that citv give way before the thirst for school- 
ing. The Colonel ought to be informed that 
Mess Sergeant Hubbard of Company 'H,' at 
St. Broing, surprises his gang with new dishes 
made out of the fourteen varieties — and so 
forth and so on. Our reason for being is simply 
this : in order that we may be more efficient and 
happv, because of keeping haison." 

To Chaplain Gregory JNIabry goes the credit 
of inaugurating and supporting the paper. In 
fact, the first five editions were written entirely 
by him, with the exception of the "Crippling 



118 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

Crimes," a weekly verse contribution, a "take 
off" on Walt ]\Iason's "Rippling Rhymes." 

Corporal Ettis B. Swift, of Company "I," 
assisted with the work of publishing the paper 
also from the very first. It fell to his lot to take 
the copy to Dijon, via Aignay-le-Duc, each 
Sunday, harangue the French printers at the 
shop of Darantiere (publishers of the Revue 
de Burgogne) , and return with a printed jour- 
nal as free from typographical errors as the 
printers' ignorance of English and his own 
nescience of French would permit. 

With the sixth edition of the "Liaison" 
Corporals Raymond Rychener, of Company 
"D," and Frank Schneider, of Company "E," 
were pressed into the service. Corporal 
Schneider was business manager of the paper, 
which sold for 25 centimes, and the fact that the 
"Liaison" became and continued to be self- 
supporting is largeh^ due to his earnest efforts. 
The work of actually writing the various 
articles and features was now divided between 
Chaplain JNIabry and Corporal Rychener. The 
Chaplain continued to furnish the editorials, 
with one or two exceptions, some of the articles, 
and maintained a general supervision of the 
entire paper. Corporal Rychener wrote the 
"Crippling Crimes," of which might be said, 
even as the great Walt ]\Iason said of his 
"Rhymes," that there were "some good, some 
bad, some otherwise"; edited the "As We Get 
It" column; contributed (in a pinch, if the 




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versifiers of the Regiment failed to chime in) 
an occasional "Song from the Billets," and 
wrote most of the "news" stories. 

Company Editors were appointed, and con- 
tributed the real "liaison" of the Regiment — 
the weekly news and happenings in their re- 
spective companies. Those items appeared 
under the caption, "Company Chaff." The 
names of the Company Editors follow: 

Co. A — Pvt. 1st class, Harry W. Swanson; 
later, Cpl. Erivett. Co. B — Cpl. Berger. Co. 
C— Pvt. 1st class Paul Cooke. Co. D— Pvt. 
Richard J. Honnold. Co. E — Cpl. Frank 
Schneider. Co. F — Bugler Paul T. Nerhus; 
later, Cpl. Hitchcock. Co. G — Cpl. Carney C. 
Duke; later, Cpl. ]Mays. Co. H — Pvt. George 
Reamey. Co. I— Pvt. Chfton Xeild. Co. K— 
Sgt. Frederic W. Braun. Co. L — Cpl. Leo E. 
Helmstetter. Co. M— Pvt. Clarence L. 
Schemenaeur. Hdqtrs. Co. — Cpl. Harry L. 
jNIcCutcheon. Machine Gun Co. — Pvt. Ben R. 
Justman. Supply Co. — Cpl. David E. Mon- 
asch. Personnel Office — Sgt. ]Major Davis. 
"Chateau Area" — Cpl. Vorhees. Cartoonist — 
Sgt. Hal Hill. 

So far as can be determined the "Fifty- 
Fourth Liaison" is the oldest Regimental news- 
paper in the A. E. F., and the first to appear 
in printed, instead of mimeographed, form. 

The Division's newspaper, the "Circulator," 
w^as another weekly visitor to the Regiment. It 
was distributed free of charg:e through the kind- 



120 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

ness of the Red Cross. Naturally there was 
some rivalry between the papers, although 
no friction. One incident arose, however, 
which will bear mention here, since it sets 
forth some of the difficulties connected with 
getting out a paper in those days. In one num- 
ber of the "Circulator" an article appeared 
under the title "Don't Be Surprised If the 
'Circulator' Fails to Circulate," and described, 
in a very humorous manner, the old, infirm 
Remington typewriter, upon whicli their copy 
was prepared, the wheezing Ford truck v. hich 
carried the copy to press at Dijon, and the dif- 
ficulties with the French printers. 

At which the "Fifty-Fourth Liaison" re- 
marked : 

"Don't be surprised if the 'Circulator' fails 
to circulate, warns that worthy publication in 
a recent number. The cause of the trouble 
appears to be apportioned among a typewriter 
of the Remington species, which seems to be 
suffering from rheumatic joints and overwork, 
not to mention an impediment in its speech; 
an asthmatic Ford of the vintage of about 
'steen twelve; a few kilometers intervening be- 
tween Aignay and Dijon, and the French 
printers. 

"It occurs to us that thev are lucky to have a 
typewriter at all, even if it is but a Remington, 
and stutters, and all that. As for a Ford, we 
would fall on the neck of a one-lunger ! We go 
to press via the reliable, if not speedy, Hobnail 



AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 

France , May 2, 1919. 



1st Lieutenant C. W. Toms, Jr., 
Managing Editor, 

The 54th Liaison, 

Saint-Broing-les-Moines , 
(Cote-d 'Or) . 

Dear Lieutenant Toms: 

Genera] Pershing has received 
and read m th interest the marked 
copies of ''The 54th Liaison" of 
April 17th ano 24th, and directs 
me to request that he be furnished 
with three or four extra copies of 
each issue. 



ly yours , 




Captain, A. G. D. , 
Private Secretary. 



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ABOVE— KITCHEN CREW. COMPANY "A," ADENAU 

GERMANY. 

BELOW— THE "SUICIDE CLUB" AT CHOW, BREITSCHEID, 

GERMANY. 



LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 121 

Express, and after we get to Aignay we have 
just gotten a nice start. 

"But fear not, gentle reader, the 'Liaison' 
will continue to function ; and thanks to a good 
supply of hobnails, and the irrepressible nature 
of our editor-compositor-printer's-devil-proof- 
reader-lead-man, we come up smiling!" 

However, the "Circulator" continued to cir- 
culate and was well appreciated throughout the 
entire Division, as well as in the Fifty- 
Fourth. 

About the same time the "Fifty-Fourth Liai- 
son" came into being the Second Battalion at 
St. Broing, realizing the need of maintaining 
morale, and recognizing the conditions set forth 
at the beginning of this chapter, started a news- 
paper of its own, which was called the "St. Bro- 
ing Barrage." 

JNIajor Duboc, commanding the Second Bat- 
talion at St. Broing, supported the idea of a 
weekly publication, and Lieutenant McCarthy, 
Recreation Officer, with the aid of ]Mr. Johns, 
of the Y. M. C, A., undertook to launch the 
paper. A staff was formed consisting of: 

Lieut. Thomas E. McCarthy, Manager and 
Adviser. 

Corp. Wm. H. Dieirhoi, "E" Company, 
Editor-in-Chief. 

Pvt. Byron C. Dunkelberger, Company "E," 
Sgt. James Riedel, Company "F," Sgt. Basil 
Kurceba, Company "G," and Pvt, G. S. Rea- 
mey. Company "H," Associate Editors. 



122 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

Later Sgt. M. E. Larson, Intelligence Sec- 
tion, and Pvt. K. C. Lubs, Medical Detach- 
ment, were added to this staff. 

It was understood from the beginning that 
the "St. Broing Barrage," as the pubhcation 
was called, was an extra military activity. 

It was not to interfere with the duties of the 
staff, none of whom were placed on special duty 
— and didn't want to be. The entire work of 
writing and publishing was accomplished by 
enlisted men, who continued their usual work. 
The staff included two school instructors, a 
"top-kicker," a duty sergeant, a mail orderly, a 
company clerk, and a dental surgeon — a rather 
unique collection. 

This staff was unanimous in its view that the 
"Barrage" could be of most value by dealing 
with light and personal topics. This idea was 
developed until the "Barrage" came to be com- 
pared to "Life" (complimentary or not), and 
eventually became known as 'The Paper 
Without a Conscience." Of course, it had a 
conscience, but it never let conscience interfere 
with its mission, that of amusing the Battalion. 
The greatest delight of the "Barrage" was to 
rap the officers from the Shavetails down. 

Special numbers were published, of which the 
most popular were "Buck Privates," "Mess- 
hall," "Fools," "Orderly Room," "Leave 
Area" and "Gold Brick," and during the thir- 
teen weeks in which "Barrage" pursued its 
course it maintained certain features — a colmnn 




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and editorial on topics of immediate interest in 
the Battalion; a eolmnn headed "Toming 
Abroad With the Second Battahon" ; a eolmnn, 
"Who's Who"; page dealing with athletics, en- 
tertainment and other activities; the "Y Lady's 
Corner"; the weather forecast (rather more 
variable but less profanity-provoking than the 
weather itself) ; personal mentions and hits. 
This page was edited throughout by Private 
Dunkelberger, who also developed the "Hall of 
Fame," "Advice to the Frantic," and "What 
They Did In Civil Life." 

The first issue of the "Barrage," comple- 
mentary from the officers, made its appearance 
Wednesday, February 5, 1919. From then on 
until publication was discontinued. May 2, 
1919, when the move to Germany divided the 
Battalion, the "Barrage" was loyally supported 
by officers and enhsted men ahke. The paper 
was printed in Dijon, France, by Dorantiere, 
Printer, and no small difficulties attended the 
publication. A member of the staff took the 
manuscript to Dijon on Monday, read proof 
on Monday night and Tuesday, and then re- 
turned to deliver the papers on Wednesday. 
The four hours' train ride between Aignay-le- 
Duc to Dijon, the possibiHty of having to walk 
seven miles with a large bundle of papers in 
getting to and from Aignay, and the uncer- 
tainty of lodging in Dijon made the publica- 
tion a real achievement. 

But the enthusiasm of the Battahon inspired 



124 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

the staff to put forth every effort and its pop- 
ularity grew until the "Barrage" became "in- 
ternational" in circulation. Hundreds of copies 
were sent to relations abroad as well as to the 
poor soldiers and sailors back home. 

Close order drill and maneuvers formed the 
daily schedule during the first four months of 
the year. Colonel Crowley reviewed the Regi- 
ment on iNlarch 1st, for the first time in many 
months. Prizes were awarded for the best 
drilled company, the company having the clean- 
est billets, the lowest sick report, the fewest 
court-martial cases, the best kitchen, the best 
compan}^ minstrel, and the highest voluntary 
attendance in the Post Schools. The review 
showed the wonderful results of much hard 
drilling, and the Commanding Officer beamed 
his pleasure at this proof of what his men 
could do. 

Baseball became the main activity as spring 
began to appear. Frequent games were played 
between the companies and a regimental team, 
made up from the best material, was organized. 
The moving of the Regiment to Germany early 
in JNIay interfered somewhat with the schedule 
that was to be carried out, as only Headquar- 
ters Company, Supply Company, Machine 
Gun Company, the First Battalion and Com- 
pan}^ "E" of the Second Battalion made the 
move. 

Thursday, April 10, 1919, will always be 
remembered throughout the Fifty-Fourth In- 



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fan try and the entire Sixth DiAdsion as one of 
the greatest days in its history. It was on that 
date that the Commander-in-Chief of the 
American Expeditionary Forces reyiewed the 
Red Star Division. For the first time in the 
history of the Organization it was assembled in 
its entirety, every separate unit was present and 
at its best I The Infantry, the Artillery, the 
Engineers, the Ammunition, Sanitary and 
Supply Trains, ]Motor Transport, the ^lachine 
Gun Battalion, and the Field Signal Battalion 
— nothing was left out. 

Great was the joy of the men of the Fifty- 
Fourth when the order came informing them of 
the honor which was to be theirs, by being re- 
viewed by a man whose name is on every Amer- 
ican tongue, but of whose appearance they had 
little conception other than that given them by 
the photographer; and the preparations on the 
part of the men were in proportion to the 
occasion. 

"Trucks for the transportation of troops 
will be provided." This was the unbelievable 
phrase that came to the ears of incredulous 
doughboys when on Tuesday the news came 
that General Pershing was to review the Sixth 
Division. The memorable hike of the Division 
had gained for it the cognomens of "The Hik- 
ing Sixth," "The Sight-Seeing Sixth," and 
others pertaining to long marches, and as 
trucks had never been used before to transport 



126 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

the entire strength of the Division it is not 
strange that it was doubted. 

The Regiment was loaded on trucks at a 
central point, however, and rode to the vicinity 
of Duesme. Here it bivouacked for the night. 
The other units of the Division filled the neigh- 
boring fields, likewise encamped. 

Each tent seemed to have a candle burning 
in it and this myriad of softly twinkling lights 
presented an appearance, as the night deepened, 
that was beautiful in the extreme. It was rem- 
iniscent of a night in November, 1918, when 
the bivouacs were bombed and machine-gunned 
by boche planes. This time no hostile aircraft 
caused the light to go out like a torch dropped 
in the water, but later on the Bugler "blew" 
them out with "tattoo." 

The next day the review took place about two 
kilometers away. Light packs were carried, 
which made the long wait easier. Space for 
each regiment was neatly marked off and the 
Fifty-Fourth was in position in an incredibly 
short time. With open ranks for inspection the 
entire Division waited for the Commander-in- 
Chief. 

He inspected the Fifty-Fourth about noon, 
passing through each platoon accompanied by 
Colonel Crowley, the Battalion Commander of 
the battalion he was inspecting, and the Com- 
pany Commander of the inspected company. 

General Pershing remembered Colonel 
Crowley from old times and greeted him with 




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a cordial "Good morning, Colonel Crowley," 
as he approached. AVhen he had finished with 
the Fifty-Fourth he congratulated him warmly 
on the excellent appearance of his command. 

Next the Regimental Colors were decorated 
in recognition of services rendered in the 
Vosges and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. 
Then, while the Division stood at rigid atten- 
tion, he decorated the men who had distin- 
guished themselves in battle. Private First 
Class Robert C. Buchanan, of Company "B,'" 
received the Distinguished Service Cross for 
bravery in a raid on the German lines in the 
Vosges. 

After that the entire Division passed in re- 
view before the Commander-in-Chief. A 
massed band of 350 pieces furnished music 
under the direction of Lieutenant Innocenzy, of 
our Regiment. 

The review was closed with a speech from 
General Pershing in which he congratulated the 
Division upon its part in the war and expressed 
his appreciation of its services. He also pleaded 
with the men to act as men and "return home as 
glorious and clean, mentally and morally, as 
you have been victorious." 

The men returned to their billets in trucks, 
elated at having seen the great General and 
convmced that the Fifty-Fourth was "some" 
Regiment. 

A few days afterward the following letter to 
the Commanding General, Sixth Division, 



128 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

came from General Pershing and was published 
to his command : 



Headquarters Sixth Division 
American Expeditionary Forces 

France, 23 April, 1919. 
General Orders 
No. 29 

1. The Commanding General takes great 
pride in publishing to the Sixth Division the 
following commendatory letter from the Com- 
mander-in-Chief : 



American Expeditionary Forces, 
Office of the Commander-in-Chief, 

France, April 11, 1919. 

Major General Walter H. Gordon, 
Commanding Sixth Division, 
American E. F. 
My Dear General Gordon : 

It gives me great pleasure to compliment 
vou, and, through you, the officers and men of 
the Sixth Division, on their excellent discipline 
and appearance at the inspection and review on 
April 10th. The high morale in your com- 
mand is worthy of a Division with your short, 




ENIIOI'TE TO rjERMANY. SNAPPED ON MAY 4TH. 1!)19, 
EIGHT KILOMETERS EKOM VEKDf'N. 









COMPANY "B" AT VERDUN. 



LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 129 

but commendable fighting record, and is well 
up to the standard of the older combatant units 
of the American Expeditionary Forces. 

Due to the circumstances, the Sixth Divi- 
sion had but little opportunity to show its 
mettle in battle. Arriving in France towards 
the end of July, it was at once sent to the area 
near Chateauvillain, where it trained for a pe- 
riod of approximately one month. It entered 
the Gerardmer Sector of the line on the Vosges 
front on the 3rd of September, remaining there 
until it was withdrawn for the active battle to- 
ward the middle of October. 

During this time it had a good experience in 
raids, and gave much promise of fighting abil- 
ity. It joined the First Army in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive, and was the reserve division 
in the First Corps from November 1st to the 
date of the Armistice. During the time the 
Division was exposed to the enemy's artillery 
fire, and was used to fill the gap between the 
left of the First Army and the Fourth French 
Army, which was operating to the west of the 
Argonne Massif. 

You are about to join the Army of Occupa- 
tion on the Rhine, where you will have for your 
companions the veteran divisions of the Amer- 
ican Army. I have no doubt that all ranks will 
continue, as they have in the past, to live up to 



130 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

the high standards of conduct and disciphne 
which marked their activities. 

Very sincerely yours, 
(Signed) John J. Pershing. 

2. The Division Commander has every con- 
fidence that the officers and men of the Sixth 
Division will continue to show themselves 
worthy of the praise and trust of the Com- 
mander-in-Chief. 

W. H. Gordon, 
Major General, U. S. Army, 

Commanding. 

Preparations for the move began in the last 
days of April. The men were warned against 
responding to the friendly overtures of the Ger- 
man people, who sought to escape the conse- 
quences of the war by gaining the sympathy of 
the Americans on the Rhine. An extract from 
the first copy of the "Fifty-Fourth Liaison," 
published after reaching the new area, best 
describes the journey. 

"We're here because we're here. The first 
train bearing men of the Fifty-Fourth to the 
Army of Occupation left Chatillon-sur- Seine, 
Cote d'Or, France, on Saturday, May 3rd, at 
4:45 P. M. It contained Headquarters Com- 
pany, Machine Gun Company, and a small de- 
taclunent of the Supply Company. It arrived 
at Adenau on the morning of the 5th at 10:30. 
May 4th the second train left Chatillon bear- 



LATER ARxMISTICE PERIOD 131 

ing the First Battalion and its Headquarters 
and 'E' Company. It arrived at Dumpelfeld, 
where 'E' Company and Second Battahon 
Headquarters are located, on the 6th. 'A' and 
'B' Companies and First Battalion Headquar- 
ters are at Bruck. *C' and 'D' Companies oc- 
cupy Honnigen. 

"No member of the Fifty-Fourth who 
made the trip from Cote d'Or to bocheland 
will ever forget the wonderful panorama of 
battlefields, scener}^ and cities which unfolded 
itself as we passed along. We shall never for- 
get the thrill of recognition as we stopped at 
Bricon, in the first two hours of our journey, 
and recalled our detraining there in July, 1918, 
for our first stay of any length in France. In 
the gathering dusk we moved out of the sta- 
tion, our eyes turned in the direction of the vil- 
lage where we had been billeted, and our minds 
were busy with reminiscences. 

"We did not pass through Chaumont, as 
many of us had believed, but swung north of 
this place, and up through Bologne and Xeuf- 
chateau. About this time we composed our- 
selves to slumber, or otherwise quieted ourselves 
for the night. Because of this, many of us 
missed a view of historic St. Mihiel, through 
which we passed at 3 :09 A. M. 

VERDUN 

"We awoke in the gray hours of the morning 
at Verdun, the train held up by a closed block. 



132 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

We waited some more. Hot coiFee served by 
the kitchen helped a lot. Then the Band ap- 
peared outside their car and gave us a concert, 
which helped some more. Finally the sema- 
phore signaled 'road clear' and we pulled down 
past the wrecked station and ruined ware- 
houses to the yard where the engine went to the 
pit to be cleaned. This meant more waiting, but 
I think none of us were sorry. We were in 
the very center of the basin formed by the en- 
circling ridges, with the scars of the long siege 
still deep upon them. Blasted tree trunks, zig- 
zagged communicating ways, miles of tangled 
wire, and acres of crossmarked graves bore 
mute evidence of the terrible struggle. The 
city itself beggars description. The ruins one 
sees above the ground do not make the city, for 
Verdun now is an underground city. Here 
also we were in sight of the billets that we 
occupied on November 19th and 20th, and 
where some of the boys were lucky enough to 
draw passes to Aix les Bains and Chambray. 

ETAIN AND AUDUN 

"We were pulled and pushed out of the bowl, 
in which lies Verdun, by two engines, up into 
the heights themselves, over the tracks that 
were idle for four years, and which were re- 
built only after the signing of the Armistice. 
On, past hills and valleys dotted with graves. 
Suddenly, as we swung out of the cut, away to 
our left we saw fortifications on one of the 



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prominences. We pointed — 'Fort Douaumont, 
n'est ce pas?' we ventured inquiringly to a 
French soldier at our left. He shook his 
head. 'Fort Vaux. Fort Douaumont is on 
the other side. You cannot see it from here!' 

"Through Tavanne and over the hard-con- 
tested and shell-torn fields which lay beyond. 
It was here that we saw a queer device that the 
Germans used to stop the advance of tanks. 
Heavy concrete pillars, about four feet square 
and about five feet above the ground, were 
placed seventy-five feet apart. Through them 
was strung a three-inch steel cable. It was 
said that this cable was highl}^ charged with 
electricity with a view of stopping the tanks. 

"Then into Etain, — all ruins. This town 
was held by the Germans on November 11th, 
and was being bombarded by a big U. S. naval 
gun. Next a long halt at Conflans and then 
north to Audun. The outrage committed on 
this town is one of the blackest crimes in the 
history of the war, and yet it may be multiplied 
by the scores. In August, 1914, Audun, sur- 
rounded by mines, was a happy and industrious 
town of about 2,000 inhabitants. It was too 
prosperous. It was near the Lorraine border. 
Before the Declaration of War German sol- 
diers were already there and when the Lor- 
rainians began flocking to the French arms 
the promulgators of Schrecklichkeit decided to 
make an example of Audun. Two hundred 
and forty of the men, women and children were 



134 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

slaughtered, and the town was systematically 
burned. Not a building escaped except the 
railroad station and one of the finer residences 
where the German officers were quartered. 

LORRAINE 

"At the station the American train crew and 
engine abandoned us, and the German crew 
and locomotive took us in charge. Between 
Audun and the next station, Fontoy, we crossed 
the Lorraine border, and were soon in the midst 
of the most prosperous and beautiful country 
we had seen since leaving the U. S. A. Mines, 
blast furnaces, clean villages, alert people. It 
fairly breathed prosperity. Thionville is 'some 
city,' as the doughboys unanimously voted it. 
Here we crossed the Moselle at 6:37 but did 
not leave Thionville until 8:1 5. Running almost 
north now, we passed the little town of Apach 
at 9:12 and at 9:05, when we streaked through 
Perl, we had again crossed the Lorrainian bor- 
der and were in Germany. 

DEUTSCHLAND 

"About a half moon was shining and now, as 
we wound along the left bank of the Moselle, 
we could look across to the Duchy of Luxem- 
bourg — the postage stamp on the map — about 
which our romantic fancy had always hung. 
A countr}^ so small that a shell fired from a 
large-calibered gun at the capital city, east 



LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 135 

or west, would fall on neutral territory, and 
might be considered a hostile act! 

"And now we were really in Germany! 
Names of towns on the stations, like Besch, 
Kennig, Borg, and others of boche accent, at- 
tested this. Sleep again overcame us and held 
us through the long stop at Treves. First Call 
found us at Junkerath, where we breakfasted 
and did some more waiting for a new engine. 
Here we commandeered a canteen of hot water 
from a boche kitchen and had a shave de luxe. 
From this place, which we left about 7:30 
A. M., the going was easy until we reached 
Dumpelfeld, and another long stop was com- 
pelled. We were now but fourteen kilometers 
from our destination, Adenau. Picturesque 
hills, with here and there the ruins of an old 
castle, held our interest when we weren't going 
through tunnels. 

"About 10:30 A. M., May 5th, we pulled 
into Adenau, our new 'home.' We are rapidly 
adjusting ourselves to our new surroundings, 
and in a short time we expect to be able to hang 
out our 'Business as Usual' sign." 



The First Battalion followed over the same 
route, almost identically the same in stops and 
incidents. Passing through Lorraine in the 
small hours of the night most of the men saw 
nothing of the country, but in the Duchy of 
Luxembourg the train stopped for a short 



136 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

time. Some of the Sixth Infantry was sta- 
tioned there and the old timers of the Fifty- 
Fourth looked around in hopes of seeing an 
old comrade. 

Arriving at Dumpelfeld they debarked, 
slung equipment and hiked to the towns they 
were to occupy in the near vicinity. Billets 
were found to be far superior to those in 
France. The towns were cleaner, the weather 
was clear and invigorating, and almost imme- 
diately every man took on a more cheerful feel- 
ing than he had felt for months. 

The towns occupied by the Fifty-Fourth in 
Germany were first occupied by the One Hun- 
dred and Sixty-Eighth Infantry, 42nd Di- 
vision. They advanced with the rest of the 
American troops from the Argonne sector into 
Germany when the Armistice was signed. They 
were relieved by the Forty- Seventh U. S. In- 
fantry of the Fourth Division. 

"Business as usual" was begun as soon as 
the orderly rooms were found. In two days' 
time, barber shops, tailor and shoe shops had 
hung their familiar signs on their windows and 
were very busy. Drill and guard duty were 
also begun, and things settled down in an in- 
credibly short time. 

There was a great show of friendliness on 
the part of the population, but it met no re- 
sponse from the Fifty-Fourth Infantry. Pass- 
ing through the wrecked cities as it had, coupled 



LATER ARxMISTICE PERIOD 137 

with its own experiences on the front, left no 
tender feehngs for the Germans. 

Before the regiment had been a week in its 
new home the old familiar rumors of going 
home were in circulation. At first they were not 
believed, then they became strong and persistent 
and later were confirmed as being true. It 
brought great joy to the men, for, although no 
one was complaining of his new home, a year 
spent away from home — most of it in France, 
much of it under great hardships — had 
strengthened each man's desire to see his own 
people again. 

On the 22nd of May Regimental Head- 
quarters and the First Battalion left Adenau. 
At the eleventh hour the routing was changed 
and great was the joy when it was learned 
that instead of stopping over at Le Mans the 
regiment would go direct to Brest, and leave 
almost immediately for the States. This was 
cheering news indeed. The soldiers chafed at 
the long ride to Brest, and especially at the 
hot hike to Camp Pontanezen from the railway 
station. By the 26th the entire Regiment was 
assembled at this camp, and was undergoing 
the routine of the sanitary process plant (as 
the delousing station has come to be called), 
inspections and police work. Packs had to be 
rolled in a prescribed manner, and about twice 
a day the sweating doughboys carried them 
half a mile that they might be inspected. 



138 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 

Camp Pontanezen at this time was a marvel 
of cleanliness and efficiency. Streets and walks 
were kept thoroughly policed; huge casual 
kitchens fed a regiment in the time ordinarily 
used in feeding a company, and commissary 
stores, conveniently located, furnished the sol- 
diers with every luxury they cared to buy. 

On Sunday, June 1st, the first section of the 
Regiment marched to the dock and were taken 
on board the U. S. S. "Mount Vernon" by 
lighters; they were followed on the next day 
by the rest of the Fifty-Fourth, and the Regi- 
ment was ready to sail. 

Owing to the fact that some three hundred 
of the "Mount Vernon's" crew were on leave 
at Paris, and did not return until the following 
morning, the vessel did not get under way 
until 11:30 A. M., June 3rd. The "Mount 
Vernon" is a fast twin-screw liner, but it was 
none too fast for the war-weary boys who had 
at last set their faces homeward, and the six- 
day voyage seemed never to come to an end. 

On the morning of June 10th the Fifty- 
Fourth debarked at New York and was taken 
to Camp Mills, Long Island, for another short 
period of renovating and sanitary processing. 
Here began the dissolving of the Regiment as 
the men were sent to camps nearest their homes 
for demobilization. When the Headquarters 
moved toward Camp Grant, Illinois, on the 
15th, there remained with the regiment only 
the Regulars, some duration men whose serv- 



LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 139 

ices were considered, for the present, indis- 
pensable, and others who would be discharged 
at Camp Grant. 

And now, "All, all are gone, the old familiar 
faces." Yet not all, for the advance guard 
of the Regiment has now became the rear guard. 
The Regulars, who formed for the Fifty- 
Fourth, as they did for every unit of our great 
new Army, the backbone of our fighting forces, 
still mark time at Camp Grant. In peace, as in 
war, they go about their business of safe-guard- 
ing the nation, asking no favors, taking no 
credit. 



CHAPTER VIII 
OUR RECORD PASSING IN REVIEW 

Although this work was begun with the in- 
tention that only facts appertaining to the his- 
tory of the Regiment should be included, yet 
the writer cannot help but conclude the book 
with a chapter retrospective in character. Per- 
haps it would be best that I remain faithful to 
my original intention and continue in the role 
of "compiler," but admiration for the work 
done by the personnel of our organization com- 
pels me to feel that Chapter VII is not a fitting 
end. "Finis" written at the end of that chap- 
ter would not stay put. 

More than one man in the Fifty-Fourth has 
a quarrel with Fate, because more exciting ex- 
ploits did not fall to his lot. He has felt, and 
does feel, that he has been denied a part of a 
soldier's right. Most men admit a certain sense 
of disappointment. 

The fact of the matter is, few men, in their 
glorious unconsciousness of the magnitude of 
their accomplishments, really know the parts 
they and their organization played. No mihtary 
authority would care to pass judgment on the 
relative merits of the different aspects of fight- 
ing, although all the world knows the Ameri- 
can prefers the maximum of daring. There is 

141 



142 OUR RECORD IN REVIEW 

something so attractive in giving all of oneself 
that it is scarcely to be wondered at that Amer- 
icans performed deeds in battle that were il- 
logical, to say the least. As a result many 
lives were sacrificed (I cannot bring myself to 
say "needlessly sacrificed,"' as some are given 
to saying) ; but we all feel that the American 
spirit of daring helped to hasten the end of 
the great conflict. 

Desiring the opportunity for courageous 
deeds, naturally most of the members of this 
organization belittled, or even ignored, what 
they did contribute to victory. Speaking as a 
person who belonged at an earlier period to 
another organization fighting in the war, and 
from observations of still other units, the splen- 
did bearing of the terrible hardships and the 
bitter disappointments endured by this Regi- 
ment required more character than the more at- 
tractive forms of warfare. The noted Spanish 
writer, Vicente Blasco Ibanez, shows a remark- 
able comprehension of the thoughts going on 
behind the military man's face, which face is 
not infrequently a mask. He makes the de- 
cision in a recent miHtary article, "The Ameri- 
can Fighters," that just what this Regiment 
went through requires the best mettle in a sol- 
dier. He says : 

"The American army began like the others, 
showing the maximum of daring heroism. Be- 
fore going to the war the men saw its most 
brilliant, daring aspect; the bayonet charges. 



OUR RECORD IN REVIEW 143 

the advances through the rain of machine gun 
fire, the hand-to-hand combat. And so when 
they meet these things in reaUty they are not 
surprised. What does surprise and break even 
the firmest will is the other pale, melancholy 
side of war; the filth and boredom of the 
trendies; the long, monotonous operations 
without visible results; the torture of the rain, 
the cold, the mud, the snow, the bad food, the 
vermin, without sight of the enemy, without 
understanding what it is all about." 

Ibanez might well have been at the front 
with this organization, so correctly has he stated 
its experiences. To meet the demands of the 
long period spent in the Geradmer Sector, 
without the satisfaction of crossing swords, so 
to speak, with the enemy, to take his shelling 
and gas and not be able to retaliate directly, 
required a fortitude not always displayed by 
even saints. Holding "silent" sectors was the 
hardest thing the Americans did. There was 
not that about such work which the American 
temperament requires: tangible results. 

Then that mad race in the last act of the con- 
flict, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive! The 
Fifty-Fourthers will never forgive the Ger- 
mans for running so rapidly. Pursuing the 
enemy line was like the matter of chasing a 
Jack o'Lantern. The support position, out of 
which the Regiment could never advance, 
added cause for more resentment on the part of 
men who, possessed only of such rations as 



144 OUR RECORD IN REVIEW 

could be "salvaged" and no physical comforts, 
even when that word is used in its most elastic 
sense, pressed on night and day through mud 
and slime and cold drizzle. To go into a vil- 
lage and listen to the machine guns crackle just 
outside and not be able to do anything about 
it was a matter out of the doughboy sense of 
justice. Some writers have pointed out that 
there was no personal animosity on the part of 
the American soldier for the German. Per- 
haps! but not in the Fifty-Fourth. One has 
the feeling that Heinie cheated us; that the 
training and hardships were for nothing. We 
had, as did other units, to endure the punish- 
ment of battle without partaking of the ex- 
hilaration which puts life into the game. To 
put it plainly, we caught hell and could not re- 
turn the comphment. But the officers and men 
did this difficult task and did it in the most ad- 
mirable manner. The writer can afford to 
say as much since he is neither an enlisted man 
nor an officer, in the military sense of the word. 

What does the Regiment's histoiy show? 
That it stood the punishment meted out to it 
and displayed the mettle expected of it ; that it 
did more than was required of it; that it gave 
its individual members, in return for their 
sacrifice and constant labor, certain knowledge, 
and brought to the surface and developed in 
them qualities which, if taken into civil life and 
applied, will give them a higher appreciation, 




AB«)\E~TH1KD BATTALION ON PAR \DE 

AT THE CONFERRING OF THE DSC 

ON LIEUTENANT AUSTERMANN. 

IJELOW— MAJOR CxENERAL GORDON. CAP- 
TAIN McDonnell, colonel cooper 

(G-;j), LIEUTENANT AUSTERMANN, AND 
colonel CROWLEY, AFTER THE CERE- 
MONY SHOWN ABOVE. 



OUR RECORD IN REVIEW 145 

a keener sense of values, added success, greater 
usefulness as citizens. 

The First Army's comment in report on this 
unit's abihty and part, "It is far above the 
average," is not flattery. 



OUR ROLL OF HOXOR 



OUR ROLL OF HOXOR 

"What way did they die?" many a 
parent will ask. They are recorded as 
having died "In Line of Duty,'" as the 
military phrase goes. What higher am- 
bition can either soldier or civilian have 
than to "die in line of duty," performing 
one's duty! What greater solace could 
be offered to the stricken dear ones than 
that their defender died "in line of duty"! 
They died in line of duty . . . for 
God, for country, for their families, and 
to their own souls' salvation. 



OUR ROLL OF HONOR 



149 



WILLIAM INGRAM, 

Second Lieutenant 

McKINLEY JUSTICE, 

Sergeant 

JOHN YOWELL, 

Sergeant 

HARVEY ACKERMAN, 

Corporal 
CHAS. C. BRUCKER, 

Corporal 

FRANK J. GREENE, 

Corporal 

BURTCHELL L. ODOM, 

Corporal 

PETER PETERSON, 

Corporal 

RILEY W. VERNATTI, 

Corporal 

MARION C. WHEELER, 

Corporal 

WORTH JOHNSON, 

Bugler 

JACK BEATON, 

Private First Class 

FORREST W. BOCK, 

Private First Class 

HARRY A. BOWMAN, 

Private First Class 

VERNON N. BUSICK, 

Private First Class 

DAVID F. CAMPBELL, 

Private First Class 

RUSSELL GOODWIN, 

Private First Class 
CLARENCE J. LaMORE, 

Private First Class 

GLENN H. NICHOLS, 

Private First Class 

ELLIOTT V. AMES, 

Private 

ELLIOT V. AMES, 
Private 



E. A. BUSHMAN, 

Private 

JAMES COX, 

Private 

JOS. C. DOUGHERTY, 

Private 

AUGUST FRONING, 

Private 

CLARENCE H. HAAKE, 

Private 

HARRY C. HALBERG, 

Private 

CHAS. E. HARRELSON, 

Private 

ROY L. HASTINGS, 

Private 

JONES A. HAWKINS, 

Private 

OWEN JARRETT, 

Private 

ABNER L. LACKS, 

Private 

CHARLES McGOVERN, 

Private 

FRANK McINTYRE, 

Private 

HENRY J. PLATTNER, 

Private 
ALONZO PULLELA, 

Private 

GUY H. RICHARDSON, 

Private 

JOHN RUDY, 

Private 

THOS. WIECHOWSKI, 

DANIEL WILLIAMS, 

Private 

FREDERICK WRENING, 

Private 

ADAM ZOLNOWSKI, 

Private 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 



152 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

Headquarters First Army, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France. 

November, 5, 1918. 
General Orders 
No. 31 

On November first, after constant fighting 
for over one month, the First American Army 
launched an attack against the German Army, 
which has estabhshed itself for determined re- 
sistance. In five days it has penetrated 25 kilo- 
meters and has driven the enemy in retreat 
before it. Its brilliant success, in connection 
with the advance of the Fourth French Army 
on its left, forced the Germans to retreat on a 
broad front to the west. 

It has fought and marched and endured the 
rigors of campaign with the most superb indif- 
ference to everything except the determination 
to go forward and imprint upon the enemy the 
marks of its courage and resolution. 

AU arms and services, those in advance who 
smashed the way, those in the air who rendered 
aggressive and efficient service, and those in 
rear who bj^ their untiring industry made possi- 
ble the continued advance, are worthy of the 
highest praise and the gratitude of their ad- 
miring country. 

The Army Commander is proud of such an 
army, thanks it for the splendid results already 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 153 

achieved and looks with confidence to the still 
greater successes that He before it. 

By Command of 

Lieutenant General Liggett. 

H. A. Drum, 
Chief of Staff. 
Official 

h. k. loughry^ 

Adjutant General. 



154 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

Headquarters 12th Infantry Brigade, 
Sixth Division — American E. F., France. 

No\^MBER 15, 1918. 
General Orders 
No. 2. 

1. The Brigade Commander cannot allow to 
pass without official recognition the work of 
the Twelfth Brigade, Sixth Division, during 
the past two weeks. Under the most trying 
conditions of weather, supply, transportation 
and roads, the Brigade at all times wet, dirty 
and cold, has marched daily and camped in the 
open. Throughout this trying experience 
there have been but few stragglers, few sick 
and an utter absence of complaint, which main- 
tains the high record of the Regular troops 
of the American Army to which this Brigade 
belongs. 

2. The probable work of this Brigade in the 
future will require further and continued exer- 
cise of these qualities and, in addition, strict sol- 
dierly bearing, precision and discipline. The 
Brigade Commander, with the utmost confi- 
dence, feels that every officer and man of this 
Brigade will personally give every effort to 
accomplish this result. 

3. This order will be read to each unit of 
this Brigade. 

By Command of 
Brigadier General Erwin. 
Harry L. King, 
Lieut. Col. Infantry, Brigade Adjutant 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 155 

Headquarters Sixth Division^ A. E. F., 

France. 

January 29, 1919. 
General Orders 
No. 7. 

1. The Commanding General takes great 
pleasure personally in making known officially 
to the Sixth Division the following tribute by 
the Commander-in-Chief with the added ap- 
preciation of the Commanding General of the 
First Army on the work of the Division in the 
MEUSE-ARGONNE Offensive: 

General Headquarters, 
American Expeditionary Forces. 

January 18, 1919. 
From: The Chief of StaiF. 
To: The Commanding General, Sixth 

American Division. 

( Through Commanding General, 
First American Army) 

Subject: Appreciation of the Sixth Division. 
EXTRACT 

i^ i|t jjt ;^ ^, 

The Commander-in-Chief has not failed to 
note with great pride the soldierly achieve- 
ments of the Sixth Division. 

The following remarks concerning the Sixth 
Division are of record at these headquarters: 



156 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

"The Sixth Division detrained in the Cler- 
mont region in the latter part of October, 
1918. On account of the very serious lack of 
animals and motor vehicles in the Division there 
was a very great doubt on the part of the high- 
er staffs as to whether or not the Division could 
be utilized during the coming offensive. 
Nevertheless, with less than 1,000 animals and 
with very little truck transportation, the Di- 
vision advanced into the reserve position for 
the First Army Corps. From November 2nd 
to November 6th, the Sixth Division closely 
followed the rapid advance of the First Corps 
without complaint or even remark. The In- 
fantry of the Division made long marches on 
congested roads, pulling by hand their machine 
gun carts and carrying on their backs, or doing 
without supplies, for which transportation 
should normally be available. Upon the termi- 
nation of the successful advance towards 
Sedan, the Sixth Division immediately turned 
South and after a long march arrived east of 
Verdun, ready and willing to perform any 
task which might be assigned to it. That the 
Division was not engaged east of Verdun was 
due to the fact that at the moment of its arrival 
the armistice became effective. Altogether the 
performance of the Sixth Division during the 
fkst eleven days of November, 1918, stands out 
as one of the finest examples of the fortitude 
and soldierly spirit displayed by the American 
soldier during this war. It is not unjust to say 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 157 

that the duties of the Sixth Division during this 
period required more discipHne and soldierly 
determination than many engagements with the 
enemy." 

4. You are authorized to communicate such 
part of this letter as you may see fit to the mem- 
bers of your command. 

James W. McAndrew, 
Major General United States Army. 



1st Ind. 

Headquarters First Army^ 

American E. F. 

January 22, 1919. 

(Through Commanding General, VIII 
Corps) To Commanding General, Sixth Di- 
vision. 

1. Forwarded. 

2. The Army Commander desires to add to 
the foregoing his full appreciation of the serv- 
ices of the Sixth Division in the last attack of 
the First Army. 

By Command of 

Lieutenant General Liggett. 
h. k. loughry, 
Ad just ant General. 



158 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

2nd Ind. 

Headquarters Eighth Army Corps^ 

American E. F. 

January 23, 1919. 

To the Commanding General, Sixth Division. 

1. The Corps Commander is much pleased 
that the Sixth Division receives this official 
recognition by General Headquarters of its 
highly meritorious conduct. 

Hjalmer Erickson^ 

Chief of Staff. 

2. The Sixth Division in spite of all diffi- 
culties was always in position and in readiness 
to take over the post and duties of a front line 
division, but unfortunately never received the 
opportunity to do so. It therefore could not 
be cited as a front line unit, but it constituted a 
part of the Corps Troops, of whom it is specfic- 
ally stated in General Orders No. 232, G. H. 
Q., that "your steadfast adherence to duty and 
your dogged determination in the face of all 
obstacles made possible the heroic deeds cited 
above." 

No higher praise can be earned by a soldier 
than that accorded the officers and men of this 
Division by our Commander-in-Chief. 

3. This order will be read to all organiza- 
tions and a copy of it posted on all bulletin 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 159 

boards until all members of the command are 
conversant with its contents. 

By Command of 

Major General Gordon. 

J. W. Beacham, 
Colonel, General Staff, 

Chief of Staff. 
Official. 

Robert Lawrence^ 

Major, A. G. D. 

Adjutant. 



160 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

Headquarters Sixth Division^ A. E. F., 

France. 

March 4, 1919. 

From: A. C. of S., G-1, Sixth Division. 
To: C. O., Fifty-Fourth Infantry, 

Subject: Army inspection. 

1. The following extract from report of 
Army Inspector, dated February 27, 1919, is 
quoted : 

''Fifty -Fourth Regiment Infantry: Condi- 
tion of rifles excellent. Clothing generally in 
good condition, but a large number of helmets 
were not clean. On the whole, officers and 
men made a very favorable impression, but a 
system of N. C. O. supervision has not been 
completely perfected. However, men were 
snappy and military and officers keen to cor- 
rect deficiencies. Arrangements of billets ex- 
cellent, but not sufficiently heated. Every man 
has shelf space provided. Night urinal cans 
and fire buckets improvised from bacon cans. 
Kitchens excellent. Latrines generally con- 
venient and sanitary. 

Ability to Improvise: This feature stood 
out prominently at almost every turn. Impro- 
vised latrine covers; screens for seats; stove- 
pipes ; walks ; shelves for billets ; theatres ; blind 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 161 

drains from beneath lister bags ; storage facili- 
ties for rations and kitchens — all showed initia- 
tive and a spirit of making the best of every- 
thing with material available. 

Attention to details: This was pronounced. 
It was uniform throughout the Regiment in 
such as methodical serving of food ; prevention 
of waste; washing of mess kits; storage of 
rations ; providing place and means for neces- 
sities and comforts for enlisted men ; providing 
means at mess halls for washing hands upon 
return from latrines; signs over drinking 
water; systematic arrangement of clothing and 
equipment in billets ; scrubbing of latrine seats, 
etc., 

"The general impression obtained is that this 
Regiment is far above the average." 

2. The Division Commander directs that you 
return this paper by indorsement hereon by 
March 12th, 1919, rendering report of any cor- 
rections made. 

By command of 

Major General Gordon. 
Harry L. King^ 
Lieut. Col. Infantry, 
G-1 



162 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

Headquarters Sixth Division, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France. 

April 23, 1919. 

General Orders 
No. 29. 

1. The Commanding General takes great 
pride in publishing to the Sixth Division the 
following commendatory letter from the Com- 
mander-in-Chief : 

American Expeditionary Forces, 
Office of the Commander-in-Chief, 

France. 

April 11, 1919. 

Major General Walter H. Gordon, 

Commanding Sixth Division, A. E. F. 

My dear General Gordon : 

It gives me great pleasure to compliment 
you, and through you the officers and men of 
the Sixth Division, on their excellent discipline 
and appearance at the inspection and review on 
April lOth. The high morale in your com- 
mand is worthy of a Division with your short, 
but commendable fighting record, and is well 
up to the standard of the older combatant units 
of the American Expeditionary Forces. 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 163 

Due to the circumstances, the Sixth Division 
had but Httle opportunity to show its mettle in 
battle. Arriving in France towards the end of 
July, it was at once sent to the area near 
Chateauvillain, where it trained for a period of 
approximately one month. It entered the 
Gerardmer Sector of the line on the Vosges 
front on the 3rd of September, remaining there 
until it was withdrawn for the active battle 
toward the middle of October. 

During this time it had a good experience 
in raids, and gave much promise of fighting 
ability. It joined the First Army in the 
Meuse-Argonne offensive, and was the reserve 
division in the First Corps from November 1st 
to the date of the armistice. During this time 
the Division was exposed to the enemy's artil- 
lery fire, and was used to fill the gap between 
left of the First Army and the Fourth French 
Army, which was operating to the west of the 
Argonne Massif. 

You are about to join the Army of Occupa- 
tion on the Rhine, where you will have for your 
companions the veteran divisions of the Amer- 
ican Army. I have no doubt that all ranks will 
continue, as they have in the past, to live up to 
the high standards of conduct and discipline 
which marked their activities. 

Very sincerely yours, 

(Signed) John J. Pershing. 



164 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

2. The Division Commander has even' con- 
fidence that the officers and men of the Sixth 
Division will continue to show themselves 
worthy of the praise and trust of the Com- 
mander-in-Chief. 

^^^ H. Gordon^ 

Major General. U. S. Army, 

Commanding. 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 165 

Headquarters First Army, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France. 

April 17, 1919. 

ADVANCE COPY: 

General Orders 
Xo. 25. 

1. Pursuant to telegraphic instructions from 
G. H. Q., A. E. F., the SLxth Division began 
to pass from the control of the First Armv. 
American E. F., on or about the 1-ith of April, 
1919. 

The Sixth Division came mider conmiand of 
the First Army about October26, 1918. and was 
assigned as reserve of the First Corps October 
30, 1918. During the pursuit subsequent to 
the attack of Xovember 1st, the Di^^ision close- 
ly followed the advance of the assault diysions 
of the First Corps, overcoming many difficul- 
ties due to lack of transportation, and after the 
relief of the First Corps the Sixth Division 
marched to the region of Verdun to take part 
in the contemplated operations to the east, but 
was deprived of that opportmiity by the sign- 
ing of the armistice. 



166 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

2. The Army Commander desires to express 
his full appreciation of the services of the Sixth 
Division and his best wishes for its future. 
By Command of 
Lieutenant General Liggett. 
V. L. Wills, 
Deputy Chief of Staff. 
Official. 

h. k. loughry, 

Adjutant General. 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 167 



Headquarters Sixth Division, A. E. F. 
May 15, 1919. 

General Orders 
No. 36. 

1. The Commanding General takes great 
pleasure in sharing with the Division the fol- 
lowing letter from the Corps Commander: 

Headquarters Eighth Army Corps, 
American Expeditionary Forces. 

April 15, 1919. 
Dear General: 

As the Eighth Army Corps, of which your 
Division has formed part during the past five 
months, is about to be discontinued, I take this 
occasion to express to you my sincerest thanks 
and congratulations on the very effective work 
accomplished by your Division in the domain 
of administration and training, and especially 
on the intelligence and zeal with which it has 
taken up every task allotted to it. The Sixth 
Division has a right to be proud of its record 
of achievement and I feel no hesitancy in as- 
suring you of my firm conviction that this Di- 
vision will give an excellent account of itself 
whether it be called upon for field or garrison 
duty. It is with deep regret that I lose this 
superior Division from my command. It would 
have afforded me great satisfaction and con- 



168 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

fidence to have commanded the Sixth Division 
in combat. 

Very truly yours, 

Henry T. Allen, 
Major General, U. S. A., 
Commanding Eighth Army Corps. 
By Command of 

Major General Gordon. 

J. W. Beacham, 
Colonel, General Staif , 

Chief of Staff. 
Official. 

S. W. ESKEW, 

Major, A. G. D. 
Adjutant. 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 169 



Headquarters Fifty-Fourth Infantry, 
Adenau^ Germany^ 

May 7, 1919. 

To the Men of the Regiment: 

It gives me no small pleasure to write a let- 
ter to my Command on this the first anniver- 
sary of the entrance of many of its members 
into the service. 

Chosen by Liberty as her champions, you 
have justified that choice. Called by Justice 
to prevent the disappearance of Justice from 
the earth, you have done your part. Truth had 
but to make her desire for your service known 
and you come to her succor. A selection of 
more loyal Americans could not have been 
made, and I feel honored in having been chosen 
for your leader. It was no easy thing to leave 
your homes and adapt yourselves to the neces- 
sary military training, but that you not only 
did it but did it well attests your splendid 
American manhood. 

But I also wish to take this opportunity of 
thanking the men of the Sixth Infantry who 
came with me to form the nucleus of the Fifty- 
Fourth. Yours was no easy task, but you 
more than met the test. I do not forget the 
men who have joined us since the Spartanburg 
days. I congratulate you too. 



170 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

Permit me to express my gratitude to you 
all for the splendid service you have rendered 
your country. 

But we have not yet finished the work set 
before us. We have just joined the Army of 
Occupation. That fact calls for especial care 
in several respects on each individual's part. 
Let there be no suggestion of fraternization, 
take more pride than ever in your personal ap- 
pearance, and enter with continued enthusiasm 
all the activities to which you are called. 
Very sincerely yours, 

Matthias Crowley, 
Colonel, 54th Inf. 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 171 

Headquarters Sixth Division, 
American Expeditionary Forces, 

Germany, May 23, 1919. 

General Orders 
No. 40. 

1. The Sixth Division is on the point of leav- 
ing France for the United States. After ar- 
rival in the United States it is quite probable 
that the Division will not again assemble as a 
Division. The military career of a large por- 
tion of the present membership of the Division 
will soon be over. The Sixth can look back 
on a past of work well done. While the actual 
battle experience of the Division has been 
limited, all tasks assigned have been well and 
faithfully performed, quietly and without com- 
plaint. The Division has made a reputation for 
meeting the most difficult situations without 
comment. Of this reputation the Division 
Commander feels sure that all wearers of the 
Red Star are as proud as himself. 

2. Upon arrival in the United States a new 
situation will confront the Division. The 
United States is now full of men in uniform, 
some of whom have served in the A. E. F., and 
some who have not. Rightly or not, the Sixth 
will be judged by the impression it makes on 



172 ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 

first landing. The Sixth will be among the 
first of the so-called Regular Divisions to land 
and will be especially conspicuous for that rea- 
son. It will be expected that the officers and 
men are wide-awake, better disciplined, better 
set up, better dressed and more military than 
those who have gone before. 

3. In the past the Division Commander 
has always fomid that to secure the obser^^ance 
of these externals of mihtary discipline all that 
was necessary was to bring the matter to the at- 
tention of the officers and enlisted men of the 
command. The Division Commander is espe- 
cially desirous that the acts of a few thought- 
less individuals shall not bring discredit on the 
entire Di^-ision. It is with the above object in 
view that this order is published. Only a short 
time now, with increased efforts on the part of 
all members and the Sixth passes into history 
as one of the best divisions of the Great War. 

4. In view of the fact that the Division may 
not assemble again, the Division Commander 
takes this opportunity to express to the officers 
and enlisted men of the Division and the at- 
tached personnel and civihans his thanks for 
their cheerful and faithful support in the past 
and to wish them ever\^ success in the future. 

5. This order will be read to each company 
at two formations immediately after receipt 










THE AHR RIVER AT DUMPELFELD. GERMANY, "E" COM- 



ORDERS OF COMMENDATION 173 

and at one formation not more than one day 
prior to landing in the United States. 
By Command of 

Major General Gordon. 

J. W. Beacham, 
Colonel, General Staff, 

Chief of Staff. 
Official. 

S. W. ESKEW, 

Major A. G. D. 
Adjutant. 



ITINERARY OF THE REGIMENT 



176 ITINERARY OF THE REGIMENT 
ITINERARY OF THE REGIMENT 

Chickamauga Park, Ga., June 16, 1917 — May 7, 1918. 
Camp Wadsworth, S. C, May 8, 1918— June 26, 1918 (includ- 
ing time spent at Rifle Range). 
Camp Mills, L. I., June 28 — July 5. 
At Sea, July 5— July 18. 

Glasgow, Scotland, and Liverpool, England, July 18-19. 
Winnall Down Camp, Winchester, England, July 19 — July 22. 
Southampton, England, July 22. 
Le Havre, France, July 23-24. 
Bricon, France, July 27. 

In Ninth Training Area, July 27 — August 27. 
Department of the Vosges, France, August 28-29. 

Kruth, Alsace. 
Camp Boussat, Vosges Moimtains. 
Larchey Sector, August 29 — October 13. 

Felleringen, Alsace. 
Regimental Headquarters, Specialty Companies and First 

Battalion, St. Maurice, Vosges, France, October 13-27. 
Second Battalion, Fresse, Vosges, France, October 13-27. 

Third Battalion, Le Thillot, Vosges, France, October 13-27. 
Regimental Headquarters and Specialty Companies, detrained 

at Ste. Mennehould, France, October 28. 
First, Second and Third Battalions detrained at Givry-en- 

Argonne, October 28. 
Regimental P. C. Neuve Toilerie (near Clermont), Oct. 28- 

Nov. 1. 
First Battalion, Camp Banges (near Clermont), Oct. 28- 

Nov. 1. 
Second Battalion, Camp Hagnes (near Clermont), Oct. 28- 

Nov. 1. 
Third Battalion, Camp Dauphin (near Clermont), Oct. 28- 

Nov. 1. (This Battalion bivouacked on the night of the 

28th at Triaucourt.) 
Les Islettes, November 1-2. 
Bois de Bouzon, November 2-3. 

Bivouacked between Chatel Chehery and Grand Pre, No- 
vember 4. 
Briquenay, November 4-5. 
Authe, November 5. 
Stonne, November 6-9. 
Authe, November 9-10. 
Verpel, November 10-11. 
Chatel Chehery, November 11-12. 
Montfaucon, November 12-13. 

In French Camps near Belincourt, November 13-14. 



ITINERARY OF THE REGIMENT 177 

Regimental P. C. and Supply Company, at Camp Normandie, 

November 14-16. 
First Batluiion, at Camp Morceau, November 14-16. 
Second Battalion, lleiiiquarters and Machine Gun Companies, 

Fleury, November 14-16. 
Third Battalion, Douaumont, November 14-16. 

Bivouacked at Beaumont, November 16-17. 
Spincourt, November 17-19. 

German Rest Camp (near Billy), November 19-30. 
Belleville (near Verdun), November 20-22. 
Blercourt (near Rampont), November 22-23. 
Regimental P. C. Specialty Companies, First and Second 

Battalions, Autrecourt, November 23-25. 
Third Battalion, Ippicourt, November 23-25. 
Regimental P. C, and Supply Company and First Battalion 

at Charmontois I'Abbe, November 25-2. 
Second Battalion, Headquarters and Machine Gun Companies, 

at Le Ch atelier, November 25-26. 
Third Battalion, at Belval, November 25-26. 
In hangars at Revigny, November 26-27. 
Regimental P. C. and Supply Company, at Moslain, November 

27-28. 

First Battalion, at Valcourt, November 27-28. 

Second Battalion Headquarters and Machine Gun Companies 
at Hoericourt, November 27-28. 

Third Battalion at Villiers-en-Lieu, November 27-28, 

Regimental P. C. Specialty Companies, and Second Battalion 
at Laneuville-a-Remy, November 28-29. 

First and Third Battalions at Robert Magny, November 28-29. 

Regimental P. C. Specialty Companies, First and Second Bat- 
talions at Nully, November 29 — December 1. 

Third Battalion at Termilly, November 29 — December 1. 

All units except Third Battalion, at Levigny, December 1-2. 

Third Battalion at Arson val, December 1-2. 

Regimental P. C. and Supply Company at Ailleville, Decem- 
ber 2-3. 

First Battalion, at Jaucourt, December 2-3. 

Second Battalion, Headquarters and Machine Gun Companies, 

at Dolancourt, December 2-3. 
Third Battalion at Arsonval, December 2-3. 
Regimental P. C, Supply Company, First and Third Battalions, 

at Champignol, December 3-4. 
Second Battalion, Headquarters and Machine Gun Companies 

at Ansonville, December 3-4. 
Regimental P. C, Second Battalion and Specialty Companies 

at Cunfin, December 4-5. 
First and Third Battalions at Fontette, December 4-5. 



178 ITINERARY OF THE REGIMENT 

Regimental P. C, Specialty Companies, First and Second Bat- 
talions at Vanvey, December 5-6. 

Third Battalion, at Maisey-le-Duc, December 5-6. 

Regimental P. C, Companies "I" and "K" at Montmoyen, 
December 6. 

Companies "L" and "M" at Essarois, December 6. 

First Battalion and Specialty Companies, at Minot (Head- 
quarters Company and Machine Gun Company later moved 
to Hierce and Moitron, respectively), December 6. 

Second Battalion, at St. Broing-les-Moines, December 6. 

Regimental P. C, Supply and Headquarters Companies, and 
Company "A" at Adenau, Germany, May 2 to May 22, 1919. 

Machine Gun Company, at Breitschied, Germany, May 2 to 
May 22, 1919. 

First Battalion Headquarters and "B" Company at Bnick, 
Germany, May 2 to May 22, 1919. 

*'C" and "D" Companies at Honnigen, Germany, May 2 to 
May 22, 1919. 

"E" Company at Dumpelfeld, Germany, May 2 to May 22, 1919. 

Second Battalion, minus "E" Company, at Chatillon-sur-Seine, 
Cote d'Or, France, May 2 to May 22, 1919. 

Third Battalion at Chatillon-sur-Seine, France, May 2 to 22, 
1919. (During this time "M" Company was on guard at 
Recey-sur-Ource. ) 

Camp Pontanezen, Brest, France, May 25 — June 2. 

At sea, June 3-10. 

Camp Mills, Long Island, June 10-15. 

Camp Grant, Illinois, June 17. 



ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 



180 ROSTER OF OFFICERS 

ROSTER OF OFFICERS 

COLONEL 
Matthais Crowley U.S. Army 

LIEUTENANT COLONELS 

William A. Carlton U. S. Army 

Julian L. Dodge U. S. Army 

John D. Burnett U. S. Army 

F. B. Terrell U. S. Army 

William H. Littlepage, M.R.C Washington, D. C. 

MAJORS 

Charles R. W. Morrison U. S. Army 

Paul W. Baade U. S. Army 

Gordon R. Catts U. S. Army 

Fauntley M. Miller U. S. Army 

Lucian 'B. Mitchell, M.R.C Address unknown 

Thomas H. Monroe U. S. Army 

Martin M. Shute U. S. Army 

Edward A. Groves Atlanta, Ga. 

Ralph B. Andrews U. S. Army 

Henry L. Duboc Chicago, 111. 

CAPTAINS 

Thomas L. Alexander U. S. Army 

Adelbert H. Benson, M.R.C Laramie, Wyo. 

Harlem F. Besse, D.R.C Address unknown 

Charles S. Brodbent U. S. Army 

Horace J. Brooks U. S. Army 

R. Potter Campbell U. S. Army 

William H. Clark Address unknown 

Asa F. Coleman Logansport, Ind. 

James D. Cosby U. S. Army 

Edward L. Davis, M.R.C Berwick, Pa. 

Frank J. Davis U. S. Army 

Lamont Davis Seattle, Wash. 

William R. Dyer New York City 

Samuel R. Epperson U. S. Army 

Robert Ferris U. S. Army 

Wallace A. Fisher New York City 

Martin W. Frease, M.R.C Berwick, Pa, 

Harmon H. Frazier Millbrook, Ala. 

Gilbert Good Washington, Pa. 



ROSTER OF OFFICERS 181 

Charles L. Hale U. S. Army 

Edward J. Hardin U. S. Army 

Charles Y. Hendricks U. S. Army 

David McA. Hunter Address miknown 

Charles F. Johnstone U. S. Army 

Louis Little Leominster, Mass. 

Richard M. McDermott U. S. Army 

Paul J. McDonnell U. S. Army 

Walter E. Morris Punxsutawney, Pa. 

John T. O'Neill U. S. Army 

Lloyd C. Parsons U. S. Army 

George H. Reinhardt, M.R.C Address unknown 

Corwin C. Smith U. S. Army 

Frederick M. Schartz, M.R.C Chicago, 111. 

Roy E. Sackett, M.R.C Long Beach, Cal. 

Charles P. Stivers U. S. Armv 

Charles F. Sullivan U. S. Army 

Ira J. Tatum Address unknown 

William T. Thompson Address unknown 

Clinton W. Toms Durham, N. C. 

Harry J. Thresler Address unknown 

Sevier Tupper U. S. Army 

Leander R. Hathaway Guilford, Conn. 

CHAPLAINS 

Daniel A. McNeill Raeford, N. C. 

Joseph J. McQuaid Philadelphia, Pa. 

Grec-orv Mabry New York City 

Emil W. Weber U. S. Army 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS 

George A. Anderson Monongahela, Pa. 

John B. Armstrong New York City 

Richard W. Austermann Address unknown 

Emmett H. Baker Address unknown 

James C. Bell R.F.D. No. 10, Gettysburg, Pa. 

Samuel J. Bentrick Gloucester City, N. J. 

Robert E. Bloom Philadelphia, Pa. 

Milton D. Breschell Address Unknown 

Wilmer Brinton, Jr Baltimore, Md. 

Aubrey Cooper Birmingham, Ala. 

Ulysses S. Cornelius U. S. Army 

Louis F. Chamberlain Address unknown 

Michael J. Doyle Staten Island, N. Y. 

Lloyd van Home Durfee U. S. Army 

John H. Earl Doylestown, Pa. 



182 ROSTER OF OFFICERS 

Joseph H. Fleming, D. C U. S. Army 

Thomas H. Frost U. S. Army 

James S. Garfield U. S. Army 

Jean Girard (French Army. Attached to Reg. as liaison 

officer) Paris, France 

Kirby Green U.S. Army 

Ralph J. Greene, M.R.C Live Oak, Fla. 

Henry G. Greer Griffin, Ga. 

Wilmer M. Grayson Selma, Ala. 

Russell B. Bonnell Hay Head, N. J. 

Felix E. Hagler Mansfield, Tenn. 

John W. Hallberg Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Julian G. Hart Winston-Salem, N. C. 

York Hautman Dawson, Ga. 

Frank A. Heilman U. S. Army 

George C. Hicks U. S. Army 

Thomas I. Hines Cincinnati, Ohio 

Wilber H. Horn Address unknown 

Edward D. Huguley Atlanta, Ga. 

Charles H. Jacobs U. S. Army 

Herschell V. Johnson Atlanta, Ga. 

Ernest H. Longshore York, Ala. 

Bledscoe Kelly Birmingham, Ala. 

Frederick Kramer U. S. Army 

Louis LeConte Columbia, S. C. 

Samuel K. Levy, M.R.C Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Louis R. Ledbetter Anderson, S. C. 

John McCollum U. S. Army 

Harold L. McCov Sumter, S. C. 

William B. McMillian Athens, Ga. 

Fred R. Miller Chicago, 111. 

John B. Merriwether Selma, Ala. 

William Michaelis New York City 

John H. Moss Athens, Ga. 

William F. Olson Norwalk, Conn. 

Gaillard Pinckney U. S. Army 

John L. Phillips Address unknown 

George L. Prindle U. S. Army 

George A. Proctor, Jr U. S. Army 

Harrv Rabb Brewton, Ala. 

Dan H. Riner U. S. Army 

Paul B. Robinson U. S. Army 

Edward Rode Detroit, Mich. 

Leon M. Sachs, M.R.C Address unknown 

Michael Saxe Philadelphia, Pa. 

Robert H. Scobev Nashville, Tenn. 

Harold O. Schackell, D.R.C Winona, Minn. 

John Shannon Ensworth, Pa. 



ROSTER OF OFFICERS 183 

Howard J. Smith U.S. Army 

Shirley S. Smith Fayette, Mo. 

Theodore F. Smith Address unknown 

George Stagner Address unknown 

Franklin H. Stafford Haverford, Pa. 

A. Pledger Sullivan U. S. Army 

Nathaniel H. Swann Pelham, N. C. 

Benjamin E. Turner New York City 

George H. Warren New York City 

John W. Ward U. S. Army 

Druid E. Wheeler U. S. Army 

Clayton R. Willis Address unknown 

Julian B. Youmans College Park, Ga. 



SECOND LIEUTENANTS 

Haskell Allison U. S. Army 

John G. Ashley Valdosta, Ga. 

Ralph H. Beard York, Pa. 

James D. Bender U. S. Army 

Marion G. Bleakley Augusta, Ga. 

William P. Briggs U.S. Army 

Peyton J. Brown U. S. Army 

Clair Cassell Charlottesville, Va. 

James W. Coleman Charleston, S. C. 

Leon DeMere Kankakee, 111. 

William D. Doran Address unknown 

John L. Dornback Chattanooga, Tenn. 

William S. Forman Birmingham, Ala. 

Wall Godfrey Stanton, 111. 

Walter B. Greenwood Philadelphia, Pa. 

Edward C. Groth Chicago, 111. 

Joseph B. Hand Pelham, Ga. 

Ralph C. Harpole Nebo, 111. 

Horatio O. Holt Lorman, Miss. 

William T, Ingram Deceased 

Eto Innocenzy U. S. Army 

Hamilton C. Jones Jackson, Miss. 

William C. Langston Valdalia, Ga. 

Peter LeToney Prosperity, W. Va. 

Dale K. McAlpine Duluth, Minn. 

Thomas E. McCarthy Taunton, Mass. 

Claud S. McCue Anderson, S. C. 

Hugo D. Mcintosh U. S. Army 

Robert G. Martin Thomasville, Ga. 

Donald W. Miller West Cairo, Ohio 

Harvey T. Morgan Cincinnati, Ohio 

Russel F. Moyer Catasauga, Pa. 



184 ROSTER OF OFFICERS 

William S. Noel Duquesne, Pa. 

Joseph H. Norville Memphis, Tenn, 

L. C. Peacock Cincinnati, Ohio 

Hamlet E. Peterson Scar ville, Iowa 

John W. Phesay Elmira, N. Y. 

Louis Randolph Joliet, 111. 

James H. Rayburn Address unknown 

Martin S. Read Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Joseph R. Richardson Nashville, Tenn. 

Whitney B. Sanders Address unknown 

Lonnie S. Sansbury R.F.D. No. 3, Florence, S. C. 

Joseph W. Schmidt U. S. Army 

James Sheedy Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Freeman Showalter Georgetown, Ky. 

Harold W. Smith New York City 

Morgan S. Smith , Jonesville, Va. 

Albert E. Southworth Address unknown 

Robert W. Spear Wooster, Ohio 

William C. Springsteen Melbourne, Iowa 

Thomas N. Steagall Montgomery, Ala. 

Louis Steinberg U. S. Army 

McKinley Stevens Gordon, Pa. 

Charles A. Stocks Waco, Texas 

William H. Strother New York City 

Frederick A. Sweet Holyoke, Mass. 

Frederick S. Swett Mansfield, Mass. 

Joseph O. Tucker Tuckersdale, N. C. 

Frank N. Wallace Washington, Pa. 

Reuben W. Williams York, Pa. 

Ivan Wright Lawrenceville, 111. 

Ralph L. Young Grand Folks, N. D. 

Edward W. Drew Preston, Ga. 

Henry C. James U. S. Army 

Note: Officers are entered on this list under the rank whicli 
they had when serving in this Regiment, although not a few 
were promoted to higher grade and transferred to other or- 
ganizations. 

Note: Only officers who actually served in the Regiment for 
one month or more are included in this list. 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



185 



NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF MEN IN 
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 54th INFANTRY 



NAME 

Aikens, Charles 
Allen, Charles A. 
Altman, Samuel F. 
Anthony, Harry F. 
Arnold, Harry R. 
Auch, William F. 
Baily, Asa D. 
Baker, Andy 
Baker, Robert B. 
Benner, Bently H. 
Barron, Lazarus 
Barthlow, Harry W. 
Bassinger, Homer P. 
Bayersdorfer, Jacob 
Beasley, Bernie 
Bechtold, William J. 
Beskau. Herman 
Bird, Arthur L. 
Bishop, Clarence 
Blake, Claudius W. 
Blankenbaker, J. H. 
Bohannan, Charles 
Bonta, Dewitt A. 
Borzomato, Albert 
Bowen, Virgil R, 
Bradshaw, William E. 
Brandon, Wister L. 
Brasher, Floyd P. 
Brittingham, Bryan 
Brown, Chester E. 
Brown, Fletcher C. 
Brown, Harry L. 
Brown, James W. 
Browning, Raymond G. 
Bruce, Arthur B. 
Buelow, Fred W. 
Buettner, Jacob J. 
Burkhart, Bert G. 
Burnett, John 
Byrd, James O. 
Byrd, Roschell 
Catobius, Harold E. 
Chafin, Leonard 
Chambers, Frank 
Chenault, William F. 
Chittum, Alvin J. D. 
Clarke, Harry J. 
Clingan, Robert 
Colbridge, Thurmond 
Collins, Meredith P. 
Collins, Richard L. 
Cooper, Will 
Copley, Nebert E. 
Crawford, Earnest A. 
Crawford, James E. 
Gulp, Sidney F. 



RANK 



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Cl. 


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Pvt. 


1st 


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Pvt. 






Wag 






Pvt. 






Cpl. 






Mus. 


3rd CI. 


Asst. 


B. 


L. 


Mus. 


3rd CI. 


Pvt. 


1st 


Cl. 


Pvt. 

it 






Pvt. 


1st 


Cl. 


Wag 






Pvt. 






Pvt. 


1st 


Cl. 


Cpl. 






.Pvt. 






Pvt. 


1st 


Cl. 


Pvt. 






Mus. 


3rd CI. 


Pvt. 


1st 


Cl. 


Sgt. 






Pvt. 






Cpl. 






Pvt. 






Pvt. 


1st 


Cl. 


Pvt. 






Pvt. 


1st 


Cl. 


Pvt. 






Cpl. 






Pvt. 






Pvt. 


1st 


Cl. 


Pvt. 

1< 






Cpl. 






Col. 


Sgt. 




Pvt. 


1st 


Cl. 



HOME ADDRESS 
211 W. Thornton, Akron, Ohio. 
Carolina Ave., Chester, W. Va. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

1000 E St. N.W., Washington, D. C. 
1325 Gaty Ave., E. St. Louis, 111. 
Tomah, Monroe, Wis. 
Box 80, E. Mkt. Extns., Akron, O. 
Haysi, Va. 

514 E. Wayne St., Ft. Wayne, Ind. 
Sharpsburg, Washi'gton, Md.(Minn.) 
2612 Garfield Ave., Minneapolis, 
320 E. Patrick St., Frederick, Md. 
R.F.D. No. 1, Box 53, Pandora, O. 
1420 Race St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Milford, Va. 

1109 Pandleton St., Cincinnati. 
Woito P.O., Woito, Ontario, Can. 
Wetang. 111. 

210 Spgd. Road, Edwardsville, 111. 
Amburg, Va. 
Rochelle, Va. 

916 S. 16th St., St. Joseph, Mo. 
42nd & James St., Louisville, Ky. 
181 N St., Boston, Mass. 
Whitehall, 111. 

719 Yarmouth St., Norfolk, Va. 
918 Utah Place, Huntington, W. Va. 
Birmingham, Ala. 

750 W. Court St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Columbus, Ga. 

17 E. Washington St., Lexington, Va. 
3314 E. 32nd St., Minneapolis, Minn. 
1862 Maiden Lane, Spgd., Ohio. 
R.F.D. No. 1, Lexington, Ky. 
Boonesville, Va. 
Leuiston, Winona, Minn. 
2255 Bogen St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
314 Walnut St., Muscatine, Iowa. 
Carlyle, 111. 

R.F.D. 1, Box 12, Kingstree, S. C. 
Graham, Fla. 
Vandalia, 111. 
Rag] and, W. Va. 
Kimbolton, Ohio. 
Newton, Va. 

1437 Stewart Ave. S.E., Roanoke, Va. 
1501 Lincoln Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
4936 Main Ave., Norwood, Ohio. 
318 S. Wayne Ave., Dayton, Ohio. 
602 E. Walnut St., Decatur, Ala. 
Crittenden, Ky. 
Merrimac, W. Va. 
Millett, W. Va. 

9116 Cannon St., Cleveland, Ohio. 
U. S. Army. 
Albemarle, N. C. 



186 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



NAME 



RANK 



Cunningham, John W.Sgt. 
Currier, Cyrus R. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Daily, William E. Pvt. 
Daino, Daniel " 

Davidson, Wayne Pvt. 1st CI. 
De Angelis, Leonard Cpl. 
De Lawrence, ProsperoSgt. 
Dezurus, George, Jr. Mus. 3rd CI. 
Donovan, Cecil C. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Dornbeck, John L. Sgt. 
Downs, Charles E. Pvt. 
Drummond, David K. Cpl. 
Dunham, Harry E. " 
Dunn, Melvin L Pvt. 1st CI. 
Dwyer, Clifford E. " " " 
Ehlers, Lewis W. Pvt. 
Elwin, Tennant Sgt. 

Emms, Arthur W. Pvt. 
Erdman, Edgar H. Mus. 3rd CI. 



Evensen, Robert C. 
Fannin, Jake 
Faulkenberry, John H. 
Federer, Edgar W. 
Fessenden, Harry E. 
Fisher, Merle L. 
Foley, James 
Foster, Garnett R. 
France, Michael 
Frazier, Rolla D. 
Freidlien, George, Jr. 
Friend, Charles W. 
Gaede, Frederick C. 
Galvin, James 
Gedney, James L. 
George, Duke I. 
Gibson, Archie 
Giles, Ellis 
Gillman, Clifford R. 
Giovanint, Louis 
Gooch, Charles L. 
Gowen, Samuel B. 
Goodman, Harry 
Grady, David P. 
Gray, Charles E. 
Grebel, Clem L. 
Green, Ben 
Griffin, Claude T. 
Gunnewick, William J', 
Hackett, George 
Hafner, Edwards W. 
Hankins, Timothy 
Hardman, Bert A. 
Hardwick, Jos. V., Jr, 
Harris, Charles E. 
Hattery, Clarence E. 
Haubner, George E. 
Hecker, Herbert A. 
Heidt, Walter F. 
Helming, Grant C. 



Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Mus. 3rd CI. 

Pvt. 

Mus. 2d CI. 

Cpl. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 
« 

Horseshoer 
Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 



Mus. 3rd CI. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 



Mus. 3rd CI. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
<< << <( 

Pvt. 

Sgt.-Maj. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Cpl. 



HOME ADDRESS 

Cor. High and 4th Sts., Freeport, Pa. 

608 Prospect St., Maplewood, N: J. 

1343 40th St., Norfolk, Va. 

7th & Main Sts., Wellsburg, W. Va. 

Madison, Ind. 

703 Callowhill St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

236 Washington St., Haverhill, Mass. 

Williamson, 111. 

R.F.D., Cashton, Monroe, Wis. 

Minneapolis, Minn. 

521 W. 8th St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Oglesby, 111. 

34 Robinson St., North East, Pa. 

R.F.D. 2, Fall River, Columbia, Wis. 

1039 Freeman Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

224 W. McMillan St., Cincinnati, O. 

Newington, Conn. 

907 Dayton St., Cincinnati, O. 

200 W. Main St., Wampum, Fond- 

du-lac. Wis. 
822 Blandon Ave., Richmond, Va. 
Logamown, W. Va. 
Ashwood, La. 

800 Main St., Highland, 111. 
R.F.D. No. 3, Port Alleghany, Pa. 
1045 N. Main St., Findley, Ohio. 
52d St. & nth Ave., New York City. 
743 Sperry St., Bushnell, 111. 
192 Harrison Ave., Garfield, N. J. 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 
385 Howell Ave., Cincinnati, O. 
828 Commerce St., Wellsberg, W. Va. 
R.F.D. No. 5, Transfer, Pa. 
78 Fountain St., Woonsocket, R. I. 
26 Clinton Ave., Maplewood, N. J. 
Yatesboro, Pa. 
Wayland, Va. 
Belsprings, Va. 
San Francisco, Cal. 
103 S. 9th St., Clinton, Ind. 
R.F.D. iNo. 2, Paint Lick, Ky. 
Shipman, Va. 

2725 E. S3rd St., Cleveland, O. 
705 16th St. N.E., Washington, D. C. 
Cape Charles, Va. 
515 N. Buchanan St., Edwardsv'le, 111. 
R.F.D. No. 4, Ballston Spa, N. Y. 
Rural Hall, N. C. 
1016 W. 8th St., Cincinnati, O. 
Middleport, Ohio. 
127 Market St., Piqua, O. 
R. F. D. No. 34, Cedar Bluff, Va. 
444 Carrol St., Akron, O. 
707 N. 38th St., E. St. Louis, III. 
308 Munroe St., Ithaca, N. Y. 
R. F. D. No. 28, Macy, Ind. 
1307 Pendleton St., Cincinnati, O. 
Hecker Manor, Shepherdsville, Ky. 
4118 Carter St., Norwood, O. 
Mott Hittinger, North Dakota. 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 187 



NAME 

Herald, Waldo W. 
Herron, Eugene E. 
Hicks, George E. 
Hicks, Linwood F. 
Hill, Frank A. 
Hill, Harold D. 
Hinkle, Claude A. 
Hinkle, James H. 
Hinds, Ellsworth J. 
Hites, Lee 
Holcomb, George T. 
Holdgreiwe, Charles F. 
Home, Harry 
Horr, Frank 
Hvielsman, Alois B. 
Hugate, Rodney L. 
Humphrey, Valier G. 
Hunt, Armand L. 
Jeffrey, Christ. 
Johnson, James A. 
Joiner, John N. 
Jones, Joel S. 
Jones, Russell B. 
Kane, Joseph P. 
Kasper, Oscar L. 



RANK 

Mus. 2d CI. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Mus. 3rd CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Mus. 3rd CI. 

Sgt.-Maj. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 



Keane, James C. Mus. 2d CI. 

Keene, Larry L. Pvt. 

Kelser, Fred W. Mus. 2d CI. 

Kemnerling, Allen W.Cpl. 
Kimmell, Kenneth K. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Knauf, Andrew E. Pvt. 
Knecht, Virgil C. Mus. 3rd CI. 
Kriticos, George E. Pvt. 
Krueger, Fred W. Pvt. 
Lamer, Ottis M. Pvt. 
Logie, Howard Pvt. 1st CI. 

Loyd, James Wag. 

Maloney, Robert T. Cook 
Martin, Edwin P. Pvt. 
Martin, Russell G. Mech. 
Mason, James A. Cpl. 

Mathews, James D. Pvt. 1st CI, 
McCutcheon, Harry L.Cpl. 
McKinney, Walter L.Pvt. 
McLachlan, James Cpl. 
McLuckie, Charles APvt. 
McNeal, George C. Pvt. 1st CI. 



MdNeese, James M. 
Meloy, Wiley S. 
Melville, Alexander 
Miles, Johnny L. 
Miller, Carl W. 
Miller, Elder E. 
Miller, George H. 
Miller, Robert A. 
Misner, Charles B. 
Moninger, Neil C. 
Montrose, Glenn E. 



Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Sgt. 

Cpl. 

Mus. 3rd CI, 

Mus. 2d CI, 



HOME ADDRESS 

Sandwich, 111. 

10 Lenox Ave., Warren, O. 

Dissound, Va. 

Dabneys, Va, 

Apollo, Pa. 

Franklin, Ky. 

Luray, Va. 

Yolyn, W. Va. 

249 Kendall Av., Highland Pk, Mich, 

219 S. Market St., Kenton, O. 

Chester, West Va. 

3646 Dawson Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

R. F. D. No. 1, Scottdale, Pa. 

Rushville, Ind. 

935 Kirbert Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

Wove Neck, Va. 

Gen. Del., South Whitney, Ind. 

15 Eugenie St., Atlanta, Ga. 

Mart Center, Ohio. 

2113 14th St., Nashville, Tenn. 

Worton, Kent, Md. 

Castlewood, Va. 

310 Campbell Ave., Roanoke, Va. 

1382 W, 59th St., Cleveland, O. 

1642 Nebraska St., Oshkosh, Win- 
nebago, Wis. 

42 West St., Concord, N. H. 

S. Georgia Ave., Goldsboro, N. C. 

University St., Westerville, O, 

55 West Miller St., Akron, Ohio. 

939 Eastwood Ave., Chicago, 111. 

1537 N. 10th St., Sheboygan, Wis. 

408 S. Pleasant St., Montpelier, O. 

1389 Fifth St., Muskegon, Mich. 

3128 W, 54th Sl, Cleveland, O. 

Rosiclon, 111. 

58 Oakwood Av., Up. Montclair, N,J. 

Cismont, Va. 

Mentor, Ohio, 

Hilton, Ga. 

Dawson, West Va. 

230 Fifth Ave., Hopewell, Va. 

Mannering, West Va. 

Box 56, Barboursville, West Va. 

Pheney, iNorth Carolina, 

Yatesboro, Pa. 

2912 Kobinwood Ave., Toledo, O. 

R.F.D. 2, Rutherfordton, Rutherford, 
N. C, 

Ocilla, Georgia. 

Pelhara, Georgia. 

2132 Perrysville Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Jonesville, Va, 

1843 West 5th St., Dayton, O, 

Logansport, Pa, 

Morocco, Ind. 

38 S. 9th St., Allentown, Pa. 

Sandwich, 111. 

308 S. Addison St., Richmond, Va. 

4649 College Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



188 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



NAME 

Moore, Thomas T. 
Nixon, Thomas 
Oakley, Luther T. 
Obrian, Walter J., Jr, 
Oden, Dock 
Opsal, Alvin H. 
Orten, Marion D. 
Osborne, John F. 
Parrigin, Lemuel 
Parris, Earl 
Paul, Royland M, 
Pendleton, Jesse L. 
Pennington, Emory C 
Perry, Buck 
Pluoinski, Stanislaus 
Pope, William F. 
Powell, William 

Presgraves, William 

Rains, Floyd O. 

Randle, Ben 

Reese, Robert W. 

Rash, John E. 

Reidler, Norman P. 

Rieser, Harry 

Rich, George D. 

Richardson, Harold 

Rittenhouse, Edgar 

Roberts, John M. 

Riffile, John D. 

Roberts, Richard L. 

Robertson, Ben W. 

Robertson, Henry D. 

Rommal, William P. 

Sanders, Mathew 

Sanger, Jesse G. 

Schill, Louis G. 

Scoggins, Henry T. 

Selbicky, Joseph 

Senter, Earl N. 

Shaffer, Charles P. 

Sharp, Hugh E. 

Sheppard, Ambrose 

Shugarts, Theodore C 

Shult, Everett D. 

Smet, Louis 

Smith, Charles E. 

Smith, Eugene W. 

Smith, Owen 

Smith, William H. 

Smith, Willie A. 

Snyder, Clarence N. 

Sobko, Joseph 

Spain, Robert E. 

Spencer, Virgil C. 
Spires, Harry C. 
Spranic, John B. 
Stager, Alvin E. 
Steffey, Walter W. 
Strahan, Joseph W. 
Stovall, Laton V. 
Strickland, Albert E 



RANK HOME ADDRESS 

Pvt. Charleston, 111. 

Pvt. 1st CI. Climax, N. C. 

Pvt. 331 27th St., Newport News, Va. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 313 N. Strieker St., Baltimore, Md. 

Cook West Huntsville, Ala. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 2520 18th Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. 

Pvt. R. R. 1, Sorenta, 111. 

Pvt. R. R. 1, Jamestown, N. C. 

Pvt. Neeley Ridge, Va. 

Sgt. , Mystic, Iowa. 

Pvt. Wellington, O. 

Cpl. Elliston, Va. 

.Pvt. 1st CI. 1637 Monroe Av., Hunting on, W.Va. 

Wag. Daisy, Tenn. 

Mus. 1st CI. 517 E. 13th St., Erie, Pa. 

Pvt. 2101 W. 1st St., Dayton, O. 

Pvt. 751 S. Maple, Akron, O. 

Pvt. 832 Spruce, Hagerstown, Md. 

Pvt. Galatia, 111. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 707 S. Elm St., Centralia, 111. 

Pvt. 3102 E. Fairmount Ave., Balto., Md. 

Sgt. Unknown. 

Bugler Mt. Savage, Md. 

Sgt. 1st CI. R. F. D. 3, Ringgold, Ga. 

Mus. 3rd CI. 25 Diamond St., Springfield, Mass. 

Sgt. Brownsville, Tenn. 

Cook Troy, Kans. 

Sgt. Louisville, Ga. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 702 Allyn St., Akron, O, 

Pvt. Big Laurel, N. C. 

Pvt. Cross Plains, Tenn. 

Pvt. Willowton, West Va. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 1022 Brantly Ave., Baltimore, Md. 

Pvt. R. F. D. 2, Frankfort, 111. 

Pvt. Traverse City, Mich. 

Sgt. 18 Casgrain Ave., Detroit, Mich. 

Cook Clinton, Ind. 

Sgt. 2632 Kimball St., Iowa City, la. 

Pvt. 1st CI. Hickory, N. C. 

Cook Plymouth, West Va. 

Sgt.-Maj. 304 S. Perry St., Montgomery, Ala. 

Pvt. Benhem, Ky. 

Cpl. Punxsutawney, Pa. 

Mus. 3rd CI. Soventa, 111. 

Mus. 2d CI. 6317 Stenton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Pvt. R. F. D. 1, Section, Ala. 

Pvt. Dublin, Va. 

Pvt. Bement, 111, 

Pvt. Gloucester, Va. 

Pvt. 107 College St., Chester, S. C. 

Cpl. Gravel Switch, Ky. 

Mus. 2d CI. Belleville, N. J. 

Pvt. 1st CI. Sutherland, Va. 

Pvt. 1st CI. Mary City, O. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 18 E. High St., Springfield, O. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 225 S. 5th St., Minneapolis, Minn. 

Mus. 1st CI. Box 223, Freewater, Ore. 

Pvt. R. F. D., Retreat, Va. 

Pvt. 522 Church St., Chippewa Falls, Wis. 

Pvt. 1st CI. Norris City, 111. 

Sgt. Ferdig, Ga. 



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189 



NAME 

Strickroth, Michael 
Sturgeon, Alfred 
Suschanke, Irvin 
Solcebarger, Geo. E. 
Swilley, B. J. 
Tate, Francis M. 
Taylor, Harry M. 
Thacker, Clifton C. 
Thaggard, Stephen 
Thomas, Emmett H. 
Timbrock, Herman H 
Timmie, Charlie E. 
Towler, David K. 
Tygett, Herbert L. 
Vaughn, Beverly B. 
Vick, Noble J. 
Vitalis, Adolph K. 
Voigt, Arthur E, 
Voris, Clarence 
Warmouth, Enoch E. 
Waters, John M. 
Wartenberg, Morris 
Webb, Ivan D. 
Wheeler, Robert N. 
Wheelock, Sherman 
White, Geo. W. 
White, William A. 
Whitman, Mark H. 
Wick, Elvin E. 
Wilder, Ralph E. 
Williford, Louis H. 
Winchell, Ira H. 
Witt, William S. 
Wittman, Romain B. 
Woesner, Emii L. 
Woeste, Albert 
Wood, Drury W. 
Wood, Glenn B. 
Woodson, Geo. F. 
Wright, Earl F. 
Wright, Milton 
Wright, Zebedee S. 
Young, John J. 
Young, Sidney E. 
Zirmnerer, William 
Zuehlka, Henry T. 
Zuel, Archibald C. 



RANK 

Mus. 2d CI. 
Mus. 2d CI. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Cpl. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
.Sgt. 
Sgt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 



1st CI. 



1st CI. 



1st CI. 
1st CI. 

1st CI. 



Sgt.-Maj. 
Cpl. 



1st CI. 
1st CI. 



1st CI. 



Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Mus. 2d CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Mus. 2d CI. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Sgt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Mech. 

Pvt. 

Mus. 3rd CI. 

Sgt. 



HOME ADDRESS 

223 N. Pat'son Pk. Ave., Balto, Md. 

Cherokee, Kans. 

209 Mary Ave., St. Louis, M-o. 

240 E. Pine St., Greenfield, O. 

Quitman, Ga. 

Botkins, O. 

Spray, N. C. 

R. F. D. 1, Stuarts Draft, Va. 

Parkton, N. C. 

1435 4th St., Madison, 111. 

1404 W. nth St., Owensboro, Ky. 

118 Church St., Chester, S. C. 

1806 Portland Ave., Min'polis, Minn. 

208 S. 19th St., Herrin, 111. 

512 Jackson St., Bedford, Va. 

Rock Springs, Ga. 

Shaffer, Minn. 

2424 Jones St., Omaha, Neb. 

228 Hart St., Dayton, O. 

Bone Gap, 111. 

Kimball, Va. 

36 King St., Troy, N. Y. 

Gauntville, Ga. 

Buckland, O. 

Oneida, Wis., R. F. D. 2. 

Earleigh Heights, Anne Arundel, Md. 

R. F. D. 3, Mex. Meadows, Va. 

217 ]'.:h St., Cloquet, Minn. 

Lester, la. 

Gibbstown, N. J. 

Moriah, N. C. 

Smith Center, Kans. 

Maxwell, Va. 

1418 Union St., Allentown, Pa. 

2224 Douglas St., Rockford, 111. 

920 Hopkins St., Cincinnati, O. 

Nashville, Ga. 

Newtoria, Mo. 

Hopewell, Va. 

Cuba City, Wis. 

331 Grafton Ave., Dayton, O. 

Chicowinity, N. C. 

1622 Pullan St., Cincinnati. O. 

Gendel, Clear Lake, Minn. 

1375 E. 72d St., Cleveland, Ohio. 

1206 10th St., Milwaukee, Wis. 

Windom, Minn. 



MACHINE GUN COMPANY 



Albino, Joseph Pvt. 

Albright, Monroe Pvt. 

Armbrust, Leo E. Pvt. 
Becher, Leopold Pvt. 

Berry, Fred L, Pvt. 

Blase, Charles H. Pvt. 
Blankenburg, Paul F.Sgt. 
Boward, Lewis McC. Pvt. 
Branco, Mattia Pvt. 



1st CI. 

1st CI. 
1st CI. 



Sykesville, Pa, 

Lake, W. Va. 

124 Beckett St., Hamilton, O. 

36 Patterson St., Dayton, O. 

Deland, 111., R.F.D. 1 

2809 McMicken Ave., Cincinnati, O, 

Claude, Texas. 

234 S St, Hagerstown, Md. 

214 Indiana Ave., Dayton, O. 



190 



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NAME 



RANK 



Broeker, Robert W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Brown, George D. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Buehler, Charles A. Pvt. 

Carney, Harold J. Pvt. 

Cartee, John H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Carrozza, Carmine. Pvt. 

Carson, Cal. Pvt. 
Cavanaugh, Frank S.Pvt. 

Cichy, Anton M. Pvt. 

Clark, Albert E. Pvt. 

Clark, Foster T. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cochrane, John Pvt. 

Collins, Thomas F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cooper, John D. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cox, Andrew Pvt. 

Crouch, Roma S. Pvt. 
Cunningham, How'd C.Pvt. 

Dalzell, Thomas J. Pvt. 

Danhof, William J. Cook 

Davis, William A. Pvt. 

Dennedy, Joseph A. Pvt. 

Delaughter, William Pvt. 1st CI, 

Deorsi, Rocco Pvt. 

Dick, Earl L. Pvt. 

Dickerson, Henry R. Sgt. 

Dion, George E. Pvt. 

Dissinger, Paul E. Cpl. 

Dittrich, Edward G. Pvt. 

Dolce, Domenico Pvt. 

Dougherty, Frank A, Pvt. 

Downs, Leonard Pvt. 

Dugan, John G. Sgt. 
Dunkelberger, StanleyCpI. 

Ely, Lyle W. Cook 

Everson, Edor J. Sgt. 

Fagras, Tom Pvt. 

Fashse, Edwin O. Cpl. 

Farmer, Robert L. Sgt. 

Fellouris, Nicholas Pvt. 

Feola, Domenico Pvt. 

Fine, Elmer N. Pvt. 

Finn, Thomas Sgt. 

Firstenberg, Hymen Pvt. 

Fitzpatrick, John Pvt. 

Flarence, Lee E. H. S. 
Fleddermann, Herb'rtPvt. 

Floyd, Okie B. Cpl. 

Ford, Patrick J. Pvt. 

Fornicasco, Vincenzo Pvt. 
Franklin, Raymond F.Cpl. 

Frino, Gabriele Pvt. 

Frizzell, Joseph M. Pvt. 

Fuhse, Alexander Pvt. 

Futhey, James J. Pvt. 

Futhey, John W. Sgt. 

Geyer, George Pvt. 

Gill, Elisha H. Pvt. 

Gillette, LeRoy Pvt. 

Gold, George W. Pvt. 
Goldsworthy, Gaynor Pvt. 



HOME ADDRESS 
910 W. Anderson St., Stillwtr.Minn. 
1011 N. La Salle St., Chicago, 111. 
4137 Mad Anthony St., Cincinnati, O. 
1029 State St., Milwaukee, Wis. 
63 Church St., Anderson, S. C. 
1236 Baltimore St., Middletown, O. 

314 Walnut St., Benton, O. 
181 Pa. Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 
Brandon, Minn., R.F.D. 3. 

501 W. Montgomery Ave., Spokane. 

Tusculum Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

Mt. Hope, West Va. 

623 IN. Church St., Watertown, Wis. 

1701 10th Ave. S.E., St. Cloud, Minn. 

R.F.D. 2, W. Milton, O. 

Sod, West Va. 

Montgomery, O, 

602 G St. S.E., Washington, D. C. 

Trans, to B. Hosp. (No record) 

309 S. 9th St., Minneapolis, Minn. 

315 W. 7th St., Cincinnati, O. 
Trans, to B. Hosp. (No record) 
20 Carsley Place, Yonkers, N. Y. 
406 Cleveland Ave., Hamilton, O. 
Horse Cave, Ky. 

34 Harrison St., Pawtucket, R. I. 

51 McClure St., Dayton, O. 

2706 McMicken Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

2351 Valentine Ave., Bronx, N. Y. 

Darlington, Wis. 

1118 Front St., Portsmouth, O. 

Trans to B. Hosp. (No record) 

3726 Borden St., Cincinnati, O. 

Norwich, Pa. 

105 E. N St., Stoughton, Wis. 

2770 Webster Ave., New York City. 

R.F.D. 1, Stewart, Minn. 

R. 2, Box 222, Ashburn, Ga. 

116 W. 28th St., New York City. 
321 E. 112th St., New York City. 
Linden, Wis. 

117 La Salle St., Streator, 111. 

40 N. Lex. Ave., White Plains, N. Y. 

18 Stag St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Walnut Shade, Mo. 

1017 Boone St., Newport, Ky. 

Follansbee, West Va. 

442 E. 137th St., Bronx, N. Y. C. 

306 E. 112th St., New York City. 

185 Church St., Putnam, Conn. 

248 Shepard Ave., E. Orange, N. J. 

365 Pleasant Ave., N. Y. City. 

4438 White Plains Ave., New York. 

Middleton, Tenn., R. F. D. 2. 

Middleton, Tenn., R. F. D. 2. 

1000 Hill St., Cincinnati, O. 

2435 Lauretta Ave., Baltimore, Md. 

Lewisburg, O. 

334 W. Elm St., Newport, Ky. 

Mineral Point, Wis. 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



191 



NAME 

Graves, Ernest M. 
Greene, Leslie C. 
Grimes, Levy D. 
Hakes, Robert L. 
Halblaub, John O. 
Hale, Earle E. 
Hargest, Kemper 
Harless, Gilbert 
Hazzard, Lafrone H. 
Heeg, Elmer 
Heitker, John G. 
Henderson, Ralph A. 
Hobgood, William H, 
Hock, Lorin 
Hodde, John F. W. 
Hoese, Fred 
Holtz, William 
Howery, David M. 
Hummel, Frank E. 
Huseby, Einor 
Igo, Edward J. 
Iverson, Iver 
James, Jesse F. 
Jenson, Robert L. 
Johnson, Adolph L. 
Johnson, John 
Johnson, Roy L. 
Justman, Ben R. 
Kaiser, William G. 
Karpinsky, Benjamin 
Kastler, Edward 
Kazmerchek, John T. 
Kean, James R. 
Kelley, Samuel P. 
Keyes, James R. 
Klapper, Phillip 
Klein, Henry A. 
Klinski, Walter F, 
Knabe, Edward J. 
Kramer, Bernard H. 
Krascuswaz, George 
Kruger, August H. 
Kruthaup. Clarence H, 
Laberee, Moses A. 
LafFey, Michael 
LaMountt, Frank P. 
Lane, Herman 
Larson, Bernard A. 
Lewis, Milton 
Litzer, Henry 
London, Byron C. 
Lund, Knute 
Marchiafava, Frank 
Maro'hn, Arthur A. 
Martin, Roy M. 
Materazzi, Giovanni 
McAdoo, Robert L. 
McAllister, William 
McDougald, Chas. H. 
Meyer, Arthur H. 



RANK 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Cook 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt 1st C. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

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Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt 

Pvt 

Bugler 

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Pvt. 

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Pvt. 

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Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 



1st CL 



1st CI. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 



1st CI. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 



1st CI. 



1st CI. 



HOME ADDRESS 
2512 Humbolt Ave. N., Mpls., Minn. 
R. F. D. 2, Mount Sterling, Ky. 
R. F. D. 1, Westminster, Md. 
Cornell, Wis. 

807 Arm St., Newport, Ky. 
423 W. 2nd St, Reedsburg, Wis. 
Comoron, Va. 
Alkol, West Va. 
Bolivar, New York. 
242 W. McMicken Ave., Cincinnati. 
950 Pavilion St., Cincinnati, O. 
300 McComb St., Whitewater, Wis. 
Meigs, Ga. 

455 Ocean Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 
Winton Place, Cincinnati, O., B.ox 6. 
3236 Bishop St., Cincinnati, O. 
26th Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 
S. Wayne, Wis. 

1010 Garfield Ave., Middletown, O. 
R. F. D. 1, Ringle, Wis. 
502 Elm St., Newport, Ky. 
Remer, Minn. 

Attending A. E. F. farm school. 
38 Locust Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. 
R. F. D. 2, Becker, Minn. 
1918 7th St., S. Minneapolis, Minn. 
William St., Tomah, Wis. 
Theresa, Wis. 
Dubuque, la., R. F. D. 5. 
Export, Pa. 
Kansas City, Mo. 
Kewanee, Wis., R. F. D. 5. 
1133 Belvedere Ave., Cincinnati, O. 
Melrose, Fla. 

119 Winnebago St., La Crosse, Wis. 
Hamilton, O., R. 1, Box 138. 
Braeburn, Pa. 
Glidden, Wis. 

5109 Main Ave., Norwood, O. 
718 Melvin St., Cincinnati, O. 
Leechburg, Pa., P. O. Box 917 
107 E. 4th St., S. Morris, Minn. 
3626 Warsaw Ave., Cincinnati, O. 
368 Lafayette St., Winona, Minn. 
320 W. 36th St., New York City. 
26 Race Row, Augusta, Ga. 
Harvy, West Va. 
Grantsburg, Wis., R. F. D. 5. 
Blanchardville, Wis. 
Wausau, Wis., R. F. D. 3. 
Reynoldsville, Pa. 
2100 22nd Ave. S., Minneapolis. 
1408 N. St., Janesville, Wis. 
820 Spring Ave., Sheboygan, Wis. 
1924 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. 
Wishaw, Pa. 

Jackson, Tenn., R. F. D. 4. 
Freeport, Pa. 
Diffee, Ga. 
Logansville, Wis. 



192 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



NAME RANK 

Meyer, Henry C. 
Meyer, William H. 
Morrissey, Jack 
Neuman, George J. 
Nord, Albert S. 
O'Neal, Lion 
Peterson, William L. 
Powell, Clyde W. 
Reinbold, John M. 
Ross, Charles W. 
Ryan, James T. 
Sandier, Frank G. 
Schaefer, William 
Schara, Louis C. 
Schireiber, William 
Schultz, Zeno A. 
Schweitzer, Charles P. 
Shoemaker, John R. 
Simpson, Garret A. 
Sorkowitz, Samuel 
Steele, Lester M. 
Stocks, Charles A. 
Strop, Rubin F. 
Strosbush, Fred E. 
Suda, Albert G. 
Sula, Felix J. 
Thompson, James 
Tucker, Virgeral H. 
Voss, Edward H. 
Welp, Clemon W. 
Wilson, Austin A. 
Winter, Thomas W. 
Wood. William T. 
Yannuzzi, James V. 
Yara, Mike 
Ylvisaker, Nels 
Young, Charles 
Zimmerman, Arvin J, 



Pvt. 1st 


CI. 


Pvt. 1st 


CI, 


Pvt. 




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Cpl. 




Pvt. 




Pvt. 




Pvt. 




Pvt. 1st 


CI. 


Mech. 




Sgt. Ist 


CI. 


Pvt. 




Sgt. 




Mech. 




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Cpl. 




Bugler 




Pvt. 




Pvt. 1st 


CI. 


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CI. 


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Sgt. 




Pvt. 1st 


CI. 


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CI. 


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Sgt. 




Pvt. 1st 


CI. 


Pvt. 




Pvt. 




Pvt. 




Pvt. 1st 


CI. 


Sgt. 




Sadl 




Pvt. 1st 


CI. 


Pvt. 1st 


CI, 


Pvt. 




Pvt. 1st 


CI, 



HOME ADDRESS 
1032 N. Hickory St., Janesville, Wis. 
722 N. Walnut St., Reedsburg, Wis. 
503 Bliss Ave., Stevens Point, Wis. 
529 4th Ave. S., Wausau, Wis. 
Milaca, Minn., R, F, D. 1. 
Big Cane, La. 

2748 Dupont St., Minneapolis, Minn. 
Fennimore, Wis. 
Pine City, Minn. 
Ringgold, Ga. 

212 Maplew'd Ave., Bridg'port, Conn. 
422 (N. Montford Ave., Baltim^ore. 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Prairie Dusac, Wis. 
50 Morgan St., Springfield, Mass. 
Trans, to B. Hosp. (No record) 
R. F. D. 2, N. Milwaukee, Wis. 
Hot Springs, Ark. 
1122 W. High St., Jefferson City. 
287 Division Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Castle Rock, Minn. 
2166 N. 7th St., Waco, Tex. 
Watertown, Wis., R. F. D. 9. 
London, Wis. 

Gotham, Beulah Vista, Wis. 
574 E. 3rd St., Winona, Minn. 
Proctorsville, O. 
Fitzgerald, Ga. 

R. F. D. 1, Logansville, Wis. 
1250 Hermes Ave., Covington, Ky. 
R. F. D. 1, Cave Springs, Ga, 
Texahoma, Tex 
R. F. D. 2, Hazelhurst, Ga. 
13 Collier St., Binghamton, N. Y. 
510 S. Kilpatrick Ave., Chicago, 111. 
323 W. Doty St., Madison, Wis. 
Providence, Ky. 
Elkhart Lake, Wis. 



ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT 



Adams, Theodore A. 
Ames, Louis C. 
Allbritten, John A. 
Armstrong, Wilbur S. 
Ault, George R. 
Baird, William C. 
Barden, Richard A. 
Bauer, Cicero T. 
Baxter, Toonie J. 
Berggren, Carl E. 
Bergeron, Philip J. 
Black, William 
Blake, Adam L, 
Boyd, Richard 
Budd, William P. 
Burgener, Albert J. 
Burney, Henry A. 
Bushman, Charles 



Pvt. 1st CI, 

Wag. 

Cook 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Cook 

Wag. 



Coover Vilas, Wis. 

4th St., New Matamoras, O. 

R. F. D. 3, Box 4, Star, Miss. 

Coal Forks, W. Va. 

Lake City, 111, 

832 Lycoming St., Williamsport, Pa. 

Jetersville, Va. 

Red Espyville Sta., Crawford Co., Pa. 

East Point, Atlanta, Ga. 

On D. S., 8th Army Corps. 

120 N. Broadway, Stillwater, Minn, 

Lancaster, Ky, 

Dana, W. Va. 

R. F. D. 1, Box 40, Manor, Ga. 

2722 W. 4th St., Duluth, Minn. 

R. F. D. 2, Olney, 111, 

Pine Mount, Ga, 

58 W St,, Kenosha, Wis, 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 193 



NAME 

Brown, Lloyd 

Bryant, Charles W. 

Campbell, Elmer 

Cardell, James E. 

Carey, Dallas F. 

Carlett, Harvey L. 

Chessnes, Arthur C. 

Corn, William H. 

Corry, Charles T. 

Cosby, Frank B, 

Crisel, Claude 

Croom, Tohn R, 

Daly, John M. 

Davis, William 

Decatoer, John 

Dissett, Henry E. 

Dunn, Peter L. 

Elgin, Samuel P. 

Epperly, Earl O. 

Ernest, Frederick R. 

Flesher, Frank J. 

Gavick, Martin 

Gilliam, Willard 

Glemberg, Frank 

Graves, Albert G. 

Green, Oscar 

Grigsby, Alva 

Hall, Raymond S. 

Harveaux, Fred E. 

Harvey, Frank 

Harvey, George H. 

Hegland, Ole J. 

Hill, Fred W. 

Hoke, John S. 
Huizinga, Henry 
Hughes, Charlie 
Jones, Monroe J. 
Kavanaugh, Edward F 
Kirby, Forest L. 
Krause, Paul P. 
Lazzeri, David 
Le Claire, James 
Ledford, Harley 
Levine, Isadore 
Lewis, Chester E. 
Louney, Peter 
Mackey, John S. 
Maki, Hjalmar K. 
Marselles, Costa 
Martinka, Emil 
Mason, Thomas F. 
Mathis, George P. 
Meadows, Toy 
Mehle, Scott L. 
Mehlus, Arthur 
Milbrandt, William H 
Milstead, Looney 
Monasli, David E. 
Moore, Richard F, 
Moran, Leo A. 



Sgt. 



RANK 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Sgt. 

R. S. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Sgt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Mech. 

Wag. 

Cpl. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt 

H. S. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Mech. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Cpl. 

Sad. 

Mech. 

Wag. 

Cook 

Mech. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Sgt. 

H. S. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Cook 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Cpl. 

Wag. 

W^ag. 



HOME ADDRESS 

Walhalla, S. C. 

Stradford P.O.,Westmorela'd Co.,Va. 

Murphysboro, 111. 

R. F. D. 4, Rutherfordton Co., N.C. 

Bolivar, W. Va. 

Box 76, Warren, Va. 

Hawick, Minn., R. F. D. L 

213 William St., Spartanburg, S. C. 

130 W. 16th St., Jacksonville, Fla. 

Kershaw, S. C. 

Box 296, Sanger, Cal. 

Magnolia, N. C. 

3131 Carniage Ave., Cleveland, O. 

Chile, O. 

167 3rd St., Leominster Mass. 

3830 Pearl Alley, Toledo, O. 

Bernard St., Chicago, 111. 

R. F. D. 3, Hopkinsville, Ky. 
R.F.D. 1, Box 53a, Fayettev'le, W.Va. 

R. F. D. 2, Lomdon, Wis. 

Henick, S.D., care Mrs. Jerry Dunn. 

2539 McKinley St., N.E., Minneapolis. 

R. F. D. 1, Box 420, Pembroke, Ky. 

2484 33rd St., Cleveland, O. 

1702 34th Ave., Median, Miss. 

Fredericksburg, Ind. 

R. F. D. 16, Owensville, Ind. 

Rectortown, Va. 

Box 204. Bayfield. Wis. 

618 5th St., Lynchburg, Va. 

765 N Boulevard, Atlanta, Ga. 

Box 19, R. F. D. 2, Buxton, N. D. 

Box 87, R. F. D. 1, Oxford, Wis 

Fort Mill, S. C. 

1872 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, 111. 

R. 1, Dennison, 111. 

1032 Eggleston St., Richmond, Va. 

102 Beech St., Joliet, 111. 

Pacolet, S. C. 

973 Lapham St., Milwaukee, Wis. 

700 N. 13th St., Springfield, 111. 

314 Isanti St., Duluth, Minn. 

Almond, N. C. 

915 Whiteside St., Chattan'ga, Tenn. 

Fredericktown, Mo. 

12709 Iroquois Ave., Cleveland, O. 

Mooresville, N. C. 

Box 103, R. 1, Brantwood, Wis 

48 Roosevelt St., New York City. 

Sleepy Eye, Minn. 

Waverly, Va. 

Reynoldsville, III. 

Dye, Va. 

503 Rawson Ave., Fremont, O. 

2826 36th Ave. S., Minneapolis. 

Plainview, Minn. 

R. 1, Atlanta, Ga. 

La Salle Apts. (Evanston) Cin., O. 

Sick in Hosp. (No record) 

N. Palethorpe St., Philadelphia, Pa 



194 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



NAME 

Morris, Charles W. 
Morrison, Hugh J. 
Myres, Denis 
McHorney, Walter L, 
Nelson, John 
Netz, Alfred 
Nuss, Clarence F. 
Oldhara, William O. 
Ollig, Wendel W. 
Olive, Louis 
Paranzine, Mike 
Peck, Grover C. 
Pekale, Charles 
Pozinak, Nick 
Prange, Arthur F. 
Preble, James L. 
Primer, Victor 
Raber, Christ W. 
Raterman, Herbert J. 
Rucker, Richard 
Reynolds, Edward C. 
Rice, William 
Richards, Will 
Riohardson, George P. 
Reipenhoff, Lewis 
Ring, James 
Rion, Emmit F. 
Risch, Arthur R. 
Robel, Joseph W. 
Ross, George E. 
Rowe, Albert J. 
Ruhl, Henry G. 
St. Jacque, John D. 
Schaal, Martin A. 
Schliewe, Erwine H. 
Schroeter, William A. 
Schulte, George H. 
Schultz, Robert W. 
Scuttum, Bennet O. 
Seamons, Bennie B, 
Seegar, Henry F. 
Shafer, Fred J. 
Simmons. Joseph L. 
Simons, Fred G. 
Smith, Dudley H. 
Smith, Elmer C. 
Smith, Vassie E. 
Spyker, Bruce T. 
Staff, Charles A. 
Steffke, Raymond 
Stephens, Cecil 
Stephens, George J. 
Strahan, Joihn G. 
Straub, Edwin H. 
Strobbe, Henry 
Strother, Frank B. 
Suiter, Henry C. 
Terry, Timmie T. 
Thompson, Harold 
Thompson, Les H. 



RANK 

1st Sgt. 
Wag. 
Wag. 
,Wag. 
Sgt. R. S. 
Wag. 
H. S, 
Sgt. 
Cpl. 
Wag. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st a. 

Wag. 

Sgt. R. S. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Pvt, 

Pvt. 

H. S. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Sgt. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cook 

Cook 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wag. 

Mech. 

Pvt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

H. S. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Sgt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 



HOME ADDRESS 
U. S. Army. 

74 W St., Holyoke, Mass. 
Oak Hill, Lafayette Co., W. Va. 
612 Bramhall Ave., Jersey City, N.J. 
U. S. Army. 

Box 322, Townline, Wausau, Wis. 
2941 W. McMicken Ave., Cincinnati. 
Dexter, Mo. 

2276 W. 7th St., S. Paul, Minn. 
5306 Roa<sevelt St. W., Duluth, Minn. 
Box Mt. Olive Sta., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Portage Co., Ravene, O. 
364 Saratoga Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
3325 W. 38th Place, Chicago, 111. 
Mt. Oliver, 111. 

3235 E. 49th St., Cleveland, O. 
318 E. 2nd St., Lima, O. 
R. F. D. 22, Wadseville, Ind. 
3216 W. 8th St., Cincinnati, O. 
Theresa, Dodge, Wis. 
700 W. Fayette St., Baltimore, Md. 
EHot City, Howard Co., Md. 
R. F. D. 1, Spartanburg, S. C. 
R. 8, Miami, Fla. 
422 W. B St., Wellston, O. 
155 S. East St., Elkhorn, Wis. 
Box 33, R. F. D. 2, Elkton, Va. 
3105 Vine St., Cincinnati, O. 
1402 N. Central Ave., Baltimore, 
care C. Jorten, Marietta, Minn. 
Gays Mills, Crawford Co., Wis. 
1240 E. 27th St., Erie, Pa. 
Prairie Du Chien, Wis. 
Shobonier, 111. 

223 Emerald St., Watertown, Wis. 
924 S. 14th St., Manitowoc, Wis. 
Box 222, No Bend Rd., Mt. Airy, O. 
R. 3, Maysville, Wis. 
Sick in Hosp. (No record) 
R. F. D. 1, Jeffress, Va. 
659 Park St., Hillsboro, 111. 
Hotel Yardley, Brunswick, Md. 
Lake City, Fla. 
Method, N. C. 
228 Madison St., Dublin, Ga. 
Box 91, R. 1, Woodsboro, Md. 
R. 2, Thornton, Ind. 
Neptune, Wis. 

550 Central Ave., Oshkosh, Wis. 
33 Plum St., Wyandotte Mich. 
Silver City, New Mexico. 
Box 104, Tabor, N. C. 
R. 2, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 
R. 13, Mt. Healthy, Cincinnati, O. 
R. F. D. 4, Woomsocket, S. D. 
Culpepper, Va. 

1220 Young St., Middletown, O. 
Kosciusko, Miss. 
3298 Hennepin St., Minneapolis. 
248 Water St., Akron, O. 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 195 



NAME RANK 

Thurman, George Wag. 

Tyler, William S. Wag. 

Vanden, Brook J. Wag. 

Ward, Edward F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wareham, Ralph S. Wag. 

Waters, Elmore B. Wag. 

Weiland, George C. Wag. 



Wells, Charles 
Westmoreland, Nelson 
White, Harvey S. 
White, Julian W. 
White, Roy 
Woods, Walter 
Wynn, Horace G. 
Gerhardt, Jacob J. 
Hartman, William 
Herman, Harry L. 
Mathews, William H 
O'Connor, John 
Ortman, William F. 
Posy, Clyde 
West, William 



Sgt. 

Wag. 

Sgt. 

Sgt. 

Wag. 

Wag. 

Sad. 

Sgt. O. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 



HOME ADDRESS 

Eagle, W. Va. 

R. F. D. 1, Pinson, Ala. 

Little Chute, Wis. 

6533 Evans Ave., Chicago, 111. 

1379 5th Ave., New Kensington, Pa. 

R. 2, Bennettsville, S. C. 

130 Mellow St., Mt. Oliver Sta., 

Pittsburgh, Pa. 
East 2nd St., El Paso, Tex. 
60980 Shaugn'ss'y Av., HuntvTe, Ala. 
Owensville, Mo. 

1003 Caldwell St., Newberry, S. C. 
1912 Morgan St., St. Louis, Mo. 
R. F. D. 1, Rockingham, N. C. 
Arcadia, S. C. 
Elkhardt Lake, Wis- 
4773 Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Conover, N. C. 

304 Short St., Huntington, W. Va. 
Ashville, Pa. 

On D. S. Div. Ord. Dump (No rec.) 
27 S. Penn St., Wheeling, W. Va. 
701 Williams St., Chattanooga, Tenn. 



COMPANY "A' 



Adams, Homer L. 
Adams, Henry N. 
Adams, Joe 
Adams, John J. 
Adams, William 
Aeschbacher, Henry J 
Amerrillo, Gustave 
Anderson, Raymond 
Anderson. William T 
Bailey, Bennie R. 
Barber, Austin E. 
Bayduk, Max 
Bednarek, John 
Bennett, William S. 
Bittinger, Harvey D. 
Blackburn, Ernest L. 
Blevins, Joe. 
Bly, Mike 
Bogdan, Augustine 
Borak, Paul 
Boren, Deles 
Bowdon, William J. 
Bracken, Ole R. 
Brant, William D. 
Brevitt, Thomas E. 
Brissell, W^illiam A. 
Brooker, Dudley M. 
Bryant, Henry R. 
Bryant, Jesse G. 
Calhoun, Bernard H. 
Colcord, Edwin D. 
Coleman, Wallace 
Corcoran, William 



Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cpl. 

Mech. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

1st Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

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Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 



Roderfield, W. Va. 

Roseland, Va. 

Marblehead, O. 

1612 Parnell St., Augusta, Ga. 

603 Marion St., Carbondale, 111. 

1373 W. 24th St., Milwaukee, Wis. 

75 Myrtle Ave., Buffalo, N. \. 

Main St., New City, N. Y. 

Ireland, Ind. 

Kinmundy, 111. 

836 Market St., Toledo, O. 

358 Howe Ave., Passaic, N. J. 

311 E. Wash'ton Ave., Elmira, N. Y. 

Hammond, La. 

R. F. D. 2, Oakland, Md. 

1540 Prince St., Berkeley, Cal. 

R. F. D. 3, Bluff City, Tenn. 

Sykesville, Pa. 

39 Robinson Rd., E. Youngstown, O. 

82 3rd St., Jersey City, N. J. 

R. F. D. 2, Pickens, S. C. 

Pleasant Hill, La. 

R. F. D. 2, Maple Plain, Minn. 

R. F. D. 1, Ivanhoe, Va. 

109 9th St., Streator, 111. 

Eldorado, 111. 

34 Merrill Ave., Amsterdam, N. Y. 

2423 Stewart Ave., Richmond, Va. 

Waldenburg, Ark. 

Ruffin, N. C. 

Eureka, Calif. 

Paw Paw, Ky. 

147 Alex. Ave., iNew York, N. Y. 



196 



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NAME 

Counts, Rome B. 
Cox, Auburn P. 
Creech, George R. 
Dallman, William A. 
Divito, Amadeo F 
Dolan, Ray E, 
Dozier, James E. T. 
Earnest, George Y. 
Ekwall, Joseph 
English, Charles L. 
Faulkner, Chester E. 
Fischer, August A. 
Francis, William 
Freedline, Boyd C. 
Freeman, Bert H, 
Gallup, Thomas G. 
Gilliam, Roland P. 
Gimmestad, Oscar 
Goff, Harvey L. 
Gravely. William J. 
Gray, Clarence 
Grible, Steve 
Haglund. Leonard E, 
Hall, James H. 
Hallquist, Niles O. 
Hancock, Defau D. 
Hardy, Ralph 
Harju, Andrew 
Harrell, Harris F. 
Harvill, Harry L. 
Haynes, Franklin P. 
Heflin. Zack E. R. 
Hendrickson, Albert 
Heller, John G. 
Hogg, John C. 
Holman, Sol E. 
Humphries, Rosser 
Immenhort, Edward 
Imperator, Herman W, 
Ivins, Thomas W. 
James, Ellsworth 
Jasik, Lewis 
Johnson, Carl F. 
Kanthak, John P. 
Katzenstein, Frank 
Keesee, Everett 
Kelton, James W. 
Kennedy, James P. 
Kielty, Joseph M. 
Klimonie, Joseph 
Kontopanos, John 
Krebs, Charles B. 
Koplan, Moses 
Krenz, Joseph A. 
Krier, Edward A. 
Kruse, Charles 
Kruszynski, Felix 
Kuhn, Albert 
Kuhn, Robert 
La Favor, Phillip E. 



RANK 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cpl. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt, 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

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Sgt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Bugler 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

,Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Mech. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Mech. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 



HOME ADDRESS 
Manassas, Va. 
Dryden, Va. 
Matter, Ga. 

R. F. D. 2, Unity, Wis. 
320 Grand St., Paterson, N. J. 
901 W. Madison St., Pontiac, HI. 
714 Hamlin Ave., Norfolk, Va. 
Le Comote, La. 
Hallock, Minn. 
Ashly, O. 

Black River Falls, Wis. 
1323 New Kirk St., Phila., Pa. 
425 Oak Hill Ave., Youngstown, O. 
R. F. D. 1, Mahafifey, Pa. 
Pickens, S. C. 
R. F. D. 4, Norfolk, Va. 
R. F. D. 1, Fairview, Va. 
Belview, Minn. 
R. F. D. 2, Batesburg, S. C. 
R. F. D. 1, Sandy River, Va. 
Catlettsburg, Ky. 
306 Theodore St., Akron, O. 
29 William^ St., Meadville, Pa. 
Burnside, Ky. 

5404 Wentworth Ave., Chicago, 111. 
Caretta, W. Va, 
766 Jackson St., Nelsonville, O. 
Borgland Mich. 

376 Oakland Ave., Ai'anta, Ga. 
Madison, Miss. 

R. F. D. 1, Round Peak, N. C. 
Cromwell, Va. 

35 Seminary Ave., Rahway, N. J'. 
Woodstock, Va. 
Seafort, Va. 

401 E. Boulevard Ave., Peru, Ind. 
Brogensburg, Va. 
1532 Tones St., Cincinnati, O. 
93 Mill St.. Paterson, N. J. 
2109 Washington St., Toledo, O. 
310 Clifton St., Springfield, O. 
3122 N. Drake Ave., Chicago, 111. 
Mount Jewett, Pa. 
Nassau, Minn. 

3631 Shaw Ave., Cincinnati, O. 
Mannering, Va. 
Vera Cruz, Mo. 
Salem Park, Tuscola, HI. 
Brookville, Pa. 

3303 S. Halsted St., Chicago, 111. 
714 E. Main St., Norfolk, Va. 
Bolivar Pa. 

1106 N. Aldrick Ave., Minneapolis. 
1108 Hayes Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 
Glyndon, Wis. 

360 Oregon St., Cincinnati, O. 
533 S. Chappie St., Baltimore, Md. 
309 Klotter Ave., Cincinnati, O. 
Tenino, Wash. 
Herbster, Wis. 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 197 



NAME 



RANK 



La Mantia, Paul G. Pvt. 
Lane, Thomas R. Pvt. 

Lawson, Clifford A. Cpl. 
Layne, Bill Pvt. 

Leach, Charles H. Cpl. 
Leach, Clarence Cook 

Livrone, Ben Pvt. 

Loring, Alvie Pvt. 

Lowery, Charles P. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Madison, James C. Pvt. 
Malkus, Philip M. Mech. 
Maness, John D. Pvt. 
Mantey, Geo. R. Pvt. 

Markins Geo. E. Pvt. 

Martin, James E. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Martin, James G. Pvt. 
Mastin, Victor Pvt. 

McDaniel, Joseph D. Sgt. 
McDowell, Chester Pvt. 
McGraw, William C. Pvt, 
Mcintosh, Howard W.Pvt. 1st CI. 
McKay, George Cpl. 

McKeown, James J. Pvt. 
Merrell, James E. Pvt. 
Meyers, Clifford F. Pvt. 
Miller, Paul J. Pvt. 

Moffette, Tom Cook 

Morgan, Charles D. Pvt. 
Mullins, Robert Pvt. 1st CI. 

Munford, Letcher Pvt. 
Murray, Oscar Pvt. 

Nelson, Axel \V. Pvt. 

Nicolopoulos, Steve Pvt. 

O'Donnell, John A. Pvt. 

Ollerenshaw, James J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Orlop, Stanley Pvt. 

Orth, Fred F. Pvt. 

Pace, Elmo Pvt. 

Pagogna, Innocent Pvt. 1st CI. 

Palcevski, Walter Pvt. 

Panaro, Camelli Pvt. 

Parks, James L. Pvt. 

Paulson, Paul S. Pvt. 

Parrilli, Daniel Sgt. 

Peteti, Joseph Cpl. 

Powell, William W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Prater, Carl P. Pvt. 

Price, Sydney O. Pvt. 

Radzeviocius, Innozas Cook 

Rassila, John Pvt. 

Ray, Fred L. Bug. 

Regan, William F. Cpl. 

Reitan, Marin C. Pvt. 

Restivo, Charles Cook 

Rewitzer, Edward W.Pvt. 

Rhinehart, LeRoy C. Pvt. 

Roberson, Samuel L. Pvt. 

Roberson, Arthur C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Rowley, Paul F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Rue, Gilbert Pvt. 1st CI. 



HOME ADDRESS 

59 W. Market St., Blairsville, Pa. 

R. F. D. 1, Murraysville, W. Va. 

Homestead, Pa. 

R. F. D. 1, Cerodo, W. Va. 

Minden, W. Va. 

122 Kearney Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 

Leechburg, Pa. 

163 Goodlae St., Columbus, O. 

Washburn, Wis. 

1201 N. 27th St., Richmond, Va. 

Park Ave., Baltimore, Md. 

St. Charles, Va. 

598 17th St., Milwaukee, Wis. 

Cluster, O. 

Warrenton, Va. 

338 Mich. Ave., Ind. Harbor, Ind. 

522 Monument St., Hamilton, O. 

Smithville, Okla. 

245 Carrol St., Cincinnati, O. 

Edmon, Pa. 

1689 E. 55th St., Cleveland, O. 

502 N. Broad St., Grove City, Pa. 

506 Garfield St., Youngstown, O. 

R. F. D. 1, Fentress, Va. 

1955 Maple Ave., Horwood, O. 

201 N. Shaler Ave., Hamilton, O. 

Pleasant Hill, Miss. 

836 6th Ave., Huntington, W. Va. 

Amherst, O. 

209 Libertv St., Norfolk, Va. 
Mokoda, I'll. 

R. F. D. 1, Kane, Pa. 

Spring St., Soringfield, O. 

333 Cherry St., Akron. O. 

70 Bigelow St., N. New Jersey, N.J. 

203 Charles St., Akron, O. 

2703 Charles St., Wellsburg, W. Va. 

Scottsville, Va. 

Red Bank, Pa. 

404 Md. Ave., Dayton, O. 

1127 Titian St., Phliadelphia, Pa. 

R. F. D. 1, Tremont. O. 

R. F. D. 2, Clear Lake, Wis. 

215 Alex St., Chicago, 111. 

7 Marcy Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Towns, Ga. 

Norton, Va. 

Blacksburg, Va. 

90 Ridgedale Inn, Madison, N. J. 

Montreal. Wis. 

Eagle, W. Va. 

235 W. 74th St., Cincinnati, O. 

Morthonie, Itasca, Minn. 

1717 3rd St., New Orleans, I^. 

1039 Farlow St., Springtield, O. 

Robertson, Pa. 

R. F. D. 3, Orange City, Tenn. 

701 County St., Portsm.outh, Va. 

R. F. D. 2, Ravenswood, W. Va. 
135 S. 8th St., New Castle, Ind. 



198 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



NAME 



RANK 



Saluga, John J. Pvt. 

Schmidt, John F. Pvt. 

Scott, Peter Pvt. 

Seafield, John F. Pvt. 

Sedelnick, Joseph Pvt. 

Sfalagas, Pangiotis Cpl. 

Shell, Linnie M. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Shepeldine, Hasine F.Pvt. 

Slee, Floyd R. Pvt. 

Smith Frank C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Smith, Walter M. Sgt. 

Smith, William G. Cpl. 

Sollitt, Tames C. Pvt. 

Spacil, John Pvt. 

Spagna, George Pvt. 1st CI. 

Stallone, Joseph Pvt. 

Staton, Thomas R. Pvt. 

Stiemke, Arnold A. Cpl. 

Sterling. Jacob K. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Stocks, Sam H. Sgt. 

Stokes, James Pvt. 1st CI. 

Swanson, Harry W. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Swiackiewicz, VincentiCpI. 

Taylor, Singleton C. Cpl. 

Tetter, Earl Pvt. 
Triplett, Theodore M. Pvt. 

Ulch, Earl Pvt. 
Van Gundy, Fred T. Cpl. 

Voyles, Tee Pvt. 

Wamble, John C. Sgt. 

Watts, Herbert S. Pvt. 

Weir, Walter Cpl. 

Whaley, Arnold D. Cpl. 

Wiley, Jasper Pvt. 

Wilkins, Herbert C. Pvt. 

Williamson, Leon F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wilson, Ray C. Pvt. 

Winover, Harry M. Pvt. 

Woolard, Roy G. Pvt. 

Worden, Morgain Pvt. 

Wurts, Harold C. Cpl. 

Zagorski, Andrew Pvt. 



HOME ADDRESS 

20 N. Evanston St., Youngstown, O. 

Aviston, 111. 

206 W. 26th St., Lorain, O. 

546 N. Evers Ave., Chicago, 111. 

11 Ellen St., New York, N. Y. 

1000 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111. 

Jonas Ridge, N. C. 

Norfolk, Va. 

Farmington, la. 

891 Belmont Ave., Gr. Forks, N. D. 

R. F. D. 2, Liberty, S. C. 

4410 15th St., N.W., Wash'gton. D.C. 

3234 Fillmore St., Chicago, 111. 

1613 Hopkins Ave., Cleveland, O. 

Enumclaw, Washington. 

700 S. Racine Ave., Chicago, 111. 
R. F. D. 1, Randleman, N. C. 

620 American Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 

R. F. D. 2, Crisfield, Md. 

Carterville, 111. 

Cable, Wis. 

Fargo, N. Dakota. 

42 West St., tNewark, N. J'. 

Le Compte, La. 

499 Howard St., Detroit, Mich. 

Markham, Va. 

W. Superior St., Cleveland, O. 

233 Henkle St., Washington, O. 

Central, S. C. 

R. F. D. 7, Aberdeen, Miss. 

701 7th Ave. S. E. Roanoke, Va. 
605 Parkman St., Warren, Ohio. 
3611 Church St., Cleveland, Tenn. 
Lick Creek, W. Va. 

Locust Grove, Charlottesville, Va. 

R. F. D. 3, Darlington, S. C. 

Trenton, 111. 

R. F. D. 1. Colton, Ohio. 

R. F. D. 1, Harrisburg. 111. 

Appalachia, Va. 

570 Santa Ray, Oakland, Calif. 

1112 Winstanley Ave., E.St. Louis, 111. 



COMPANY "B" 



Acord, William 
Adams, Hunter J. 
Amos, Kenneth 
Armstrong, John A. 
Austin, William 
Barber, Jerry 
Barrett, Ernest 
Bass, Joseph R. 
Battalion, Paola 
Bauer, William 
Beigle, Raymond J. 
Bennett, Robert W. 
Bentley, Garfield 
Berger, Harry L. 



Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cook 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Cpl. 

Sgt. 

Cpl. 



Chattory, W. Va. 

Gretna, Va. 

Morristown, Tenn., R. F. D. 7. 

508 James Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 

R. F. D., Napoleon, O. 

Van Lear, Ky. 

1507 Jefferson Ave., Knoxville, Ky. 

1616 Spruce St., Murphysboro, 111. 

Box 8, Buhl, St. Louis, Minn. 

R. F. D. 14, Dayton, O. 

224 W. 6th St., Duluth, Minn. 

Kennedy Mines, Stewarts Draft, Va. 

South Portsmouth, Ky. 

557 Henry St., Marion, O. 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



199 



NAME 



RANK 



Black, Fred S. Pvt. 

Blackstone, Charles Pvt. 

Blair, Fred S. Pvt. 

Blazler, Guy A. Pvt. 

Bowman, John G. Pvt. 1st CI, 

Bowman, H. A. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Bonds, George W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Brown, William Pvt. 1st CI, 

Brown, F. J. Pvt. 
Brumback, Freedus D.Pvt. 

Buchanan, Robert Pvt. 1st CI, 

Bushe, Otto F. Pvt. 



Butler, Floyd L. 
Calloway, John D. 
Cameron, William 
Calsem, Albert 
Calhoun, Clyde 
Canty, John D. 
Carranza, Angel N. 
Cartwright, John W. 
Casserly, Thomas W. 
Cea, Rocco 
Cecil, Howard 
Cleaves, Charles R. 
Cleghorn, George H. 
Clough, William J. 
Collins, Ira J. 
Conklin, Abe E. 
Cory, Walter 
Cordesco, Vito 
Crisp, Fate 
Dabney. Eugene H. 
Dose, Otto J, 
Elmer, William 
Enquist, Albin L. 
Evangelson, Chistos 
Face, Santa 
Fakes. Willie E. 
Ferrell, Cleave 
Ford, William 
Franklin, Berkeley B. 
Freeman, Bud 
Fuller, Robert M. 
Fuller, Rufus M. 
Fugo, Robert 
Gardener, Joseph E. 
Gabeoff, Samuel 
Gibbs, William 
Giakoomatis, Michael 
Gregory, William H. 
Grieshaber, Edgar 
Gryz, Stephen 
Groth, Edward C. 
Hampton, Jay 
Hancock, Joseph 
Harford, Louis S. 
Harlowe, James H. 
Harvey, Washey E. 
Hass, Oliver 



1st CI. 



1st CI. 



Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

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Sgt, 

Pvt, 

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Cpl, 

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Pvt, 

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HOME ADDRESS 

115 S. Walnut St., Martinsville, Ind. 
Belleville, O. 

R. F. D. 1, Stephens City, Va. 

Sprague, W. Va. 

Durango, Colo. 

1127 N. 25th St., Richmond, Va. 



Wanson, Mara- 



St. John, N. Y. 



1st CI. 



Plymouth, O, 
Maitland, W. Va. 
506 Washington St. 

thon. Wis. 
520 Church St., Richmond, Va. 
West Main St., Salem, Va. 
Compton, Va. 

1116 W. 2nd St., Davenport, la. 
Perry, 111, 

309 Crosby St., Akron, O. 
City Market, Lynchburg, Va. 
Backbay, Va. 

215 E. Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, O. 
254 W. 146th St., New York. 
616 E. Moore St., Williamson, W.Va. 
Geary, Va. 
South Bend, Ind. 
Louisa, Va. 
Pound, Va. 
R. F. D. 1, 
Powers, Mich. 
8 Garside St., New York, N. J. 
29 Harris St., Anderson, S. C. 
R. F. D. 3, Winchester, Va. 
Waterville, O. 

R. F. D. 2, Ponce De Leon, Fla. 
Bethel, Avoca, Minn. 
549 Sherman St., Akron, O. 

Lebanon, Tenn. 
War Eagle, W. Va. 
Cowdenbeath, Scotland. 
Bassett, Va. 
Cedar Hill, S. C. 
Route 1, Rome, Ga. 
Lebanon, Tenn. 
Salem, III. 

2 E, 115th St., New York, N. Y. 

Route 3, Roanoke, Va. 

6 E. Count St., Hampton, Va. 

Matts, Okla. 

903 Baugh Ave.. E. St. Louis, HI. 

119 University St., Minn'polis, Minn. 

221 E. 50th St., Chicago, 111. 

War, Va. 

Spencer, Va. 

Columbus, S. 

Troy, Va. 

1507 Elm St, 



C. 



Richard City, Tenn 



Lynchburg, Va. 



200 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



NAME RANK 

Hatler, George R. Pvt. 
Heintz, Earl F. Pvt. 

Helgeson, Oscar Pvt. 

Henderson, Louis Pvt. 
Heuerman, Henry A. Pvt. 
Holt, Frank J. Pvt. 

Hohimer, Chester C. Pvt. 
Hodge, Granville H. Pvt. 
Horn, James R. Pvt. 

Hovis, William H. Pvt. 
Izzo, Louis Sgt. 

Jackson, Roy M. Pvt. 

Jarvis, Harry L. Pvt. 

Jedzeweitz, Vincent Pvt. 
Jennings, Victor H. Pvt. 
Johnson, Allen E. Sgt. 
Jones, Earl E. Pvt. 

Jones, Horis L. Pvt. 

Kennedy, Archie L. Cpl. 
Kilpatrick, Paul H. Pvt. 
Kimbrough, Anson P.Pvt. 
Kirsthaler, Charles Pvt. 
Kowolick, Ferry Pvt. 



1st CI. 
1st CI. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 



1st CI. 
1st CI. 



Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Cpl. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Cpl. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Cpl. 



Karousas, Victor 
Kubsjiki, Rudolph 
Leggett, Robert P. 
Light, Arthur J. 
Long, Fitzhugh F. 
Maas, Harry A. 
Malcom, Fred 
Malti, Samuel 
Mateer, William M, 
Manson, Edwin B. 
Makinis, Victor 

Maxwrell, James T. -i--- 
McWhorter, Harry E.Pvt. 

McCarthy, Daniel Pvt. 

McMurphy, Cassius Cpl. 

McManus, John L. Pvt. 
McLoughlin, Fred B. Cpl. 

Mills, Harry Pvt. 

Melodor, George J. Pvt. 

Murphy, Joseph Sgt. 

'Newman, Crede E. Pvt. 

Novotny, Jacob Pvt. 

Ostrum, Victor Pvt. 

Pacu, George G. Pvt. 

Palmer, Ernest G. Pvt. 

Palletti, Antonio Pvt. 

Perdue, Millard Pvt. 

Pearce, Charles W. Pvt. 

Perry, Ernest L. Pvt. 

Petroski, Vincent C. Pvt. 
Price, Washington L. Pvt. 

Price, Clyde Pvt. 

Pruett, Oscar B. Pvt. 
Remmington, Floyd R.Pvt. 

Richtor, Charles Pvt. 

Richtor, O. F. Pvt. 



1st CI. 

1st CI. 
1st CI. 

1st CI. 



1st CI. 
1st CI. 
1st CI. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 
1st CI. 

1st CI. 



HOME ADDRESS 

119 Farragut St., Brookfield, Mo. 

Route 23, E. Akron, O. 

1216 For'st Av., N.Field, Rice, Minn. 

Passopatanzed, Va. 

Route 4, Toledo, O. 

Fackler, Ala. 

Chatham. 111. 

Bridle Creek, Va. 

Doerum, Ga. 

247 Ridge Ave., Hagerstown, Md. 

331 E. 149th St., New York, N. Y. 

Nebo, 111. 

Timber Ridge, Va. 

1512 42d St. N.E., Minneapolis, Minn. 

Flora, 111. 

Atlanta, Ga. 

R. F. D., Branchville, S. C. 

Mounds, 111. 

Grifton Ritt, N. C. 

Ashland, Va. 

267 W. South St., Akron, O. 

611 W. Maple Ave., Beaver Dam, 

Dodge, Wis. 
Bank, Norfolk, Va. 
415 Samper St., South Bend, Ind. 
Virginia Beach, Va. 
9 St. John St., Plattsburg, N. Y. 
Noma, Fla. 

Filleda, Shawons, Wis. 
61 54 E. Exchange, Akron, O. 
211 E. 6th St., Wilmington, Del. 
Boston, O. 

1709 E. Adaue St., Springfield, 111. 

Concord, Fla. 

R. F. D. 33, Box 4, Barbertown, O. 

5827 Superior Ave., Cleveland, O. 

Farmer City, 111. 

620 N. 7th St., E. St. Louis, 111. 

St. Matthews, S. C. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

485 S. Main St., Akron, O. 

U. S. Army, Bro. at Eldorado, 111. 

Pennington Gap, W. Va. 

604 W. Madison St., Chicago, 111. 

R. F. D. 1, Comstock Barron, Wis. 

14916 Pepper St., Cleveland, O. 

Hardy, W. Va. 

44 Hough St., St. Johnsville, N. Y. 

R. F. D. 1, Red Wood, Va. 

1415 Patterson Park Ave., Balto., Md. 

R. F. D. 1, Fredericksburg, Va. 

158 Locust St., Chicago, 111. 

Ferre Alto, W. Va. 

305 W. Jackson St., Springfield, 111. 

R. F. D. 1, Cedar Bluff, Va. 

510 W. Jefferson St., Springfield, 111. 

Montfort, Grant, Wis. 

Bird Island, Minn. 



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NAME 

Ritchie, Calvin T, 
Rodrigues, Manuel 
Rowland, Coy 
Rodgers, Arthur E. 
Rodgers, Trainor 
Runkowski, Michael 
Sandlin, Mathew 
Scearce, John W. 
Schneider, Rowland 
Schaefer, Edwin A. 
Sefrin, Jfacob 
Sell, Charles M. 
Sherr, Harold 
Simms, Robert F. 
Smith, Milford F. 
Smith, Clarence C. 
Smith, Walter C. 
Spencer, Harry 
Stock, Harry F. 
Steinhauer, Bernard 
Steigler, William G. 
Stenberg, Carl 
Street, Claiborne 
Strieshock, John J. 
Stoess, George P. 
Suddendorf, William 
Sudduth, Samuel J. 
Sutton, Clarence L. 
Suer, Norman H. J. 
Talbott, Robert W. 
Tauscher, Almond W 
Thompson, Martin M 
Thacher, Harry I. 
Toy, Harry L, 
Trame, Edward L. 
Tubberville, Robert 
Tucker, Joseph 
Ulmen, Henry P. 
Vacca, Luigi 
Vanderbilt, Herman E, 
Vangalderon, John J. 
Vaughn, Ollie 
Vallilla, Francisco 
Walker, Otto H. 
Walp, Alfred A. 
Walseth, Melvin L. 
Walsh, Stephen F. 
Webster, Clifford G. 
Watkins, Vernon 
Williams, Emmett 
Woesner, George 
Wooly, John G. 
Williams, Leland 
Watkins, Herman E. 
Weise, Edward A. 
Weise, Edwin O. 
Wilson, Robert H. 
Wesserling, Raym'd E. 
Wilson, Heslip 
Wilson, Kenneth 



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Milford, Ind. 

10 Crescent St., New Bedford, Mass. 
24 Market St., Anderson, S. C 
R. F. D. 1, New Martinsville, W. Va. 
Buckwood, Meigs Co., Tenn. 
1446 Flutewood St., Chicago, 111. 
Tegor, Ky. 
Madison Rd., Cincinnati, O. 

2358 Ohio Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

1517 Baymiller St., Cincinnati, O. 

1772 Hillmont St., Youngstown, O. 

283 E. Warren, Detroit, Mich. 

Branchville, Prince George, Md. 

1616 Vine, Cincinnati, O. 

Cedar Town, Ga. 

R. F. D. 1, Westminster, S. C. 

Woodstock, 111. 

Durmont, la. 

23 Linwood Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 

1962 Colerain Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

R. F. D. 3, Kane, Pa. 

15 Clifton, Norfolk, Va. 

Brockwayville, Pa. 

411 W. McMicken Ave., Cincinnati. 

Mount Healthy, R.R. 16, Cincinnati. 

Basile, La. 

R. F. D. 1, Juneaw, Wis. 

23 W St., Cincinnati, O. 

1819 Scott St., Covington, Ky. 

868 Orchard St., Toledo, O 

Mud, W. Va. 

Kelly Station, Pa. 

Ottawa, O. 

Osaka, Miss. 

Jefferson, N. C. 

549 Walnut St. Appleton. Wis. 

Box 327, Tuxedo, N. Y. 

Everest, Kans. 

522 Ave. J, Miami, Fla. 

Kingston, Okla. 

1234 Baltimore, Middletown, O. 

126 E. University, Cincinnati, O. 

868 Orchard St., Toledo, O. 

Miami Garden, Fla. 

St. Louis, Mo. 

112 3rd Ave., Girard, Ala. 

323 W. 4th & Elm, Ironton, O. 

Elizabeth, Ind. 

216 E. Rochelle St., Cincinnati, O. 

Kingman, Ind. 

Pensacola, Fla. 

Princeton, W. Va. 

1327 W. Liberty St., Cincinnati, O. 

1312 Apjones St., Cincinnati, O. 

89 Galena Blvd., Aurora, 111. 

Gill, W. Va. 

338 Ruckli Rd., Akron, O. 

Henry, S. C. 



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NAME RANK 

Winchester, Will'm M.Pvt. 
Wright, Bernard G. Pvt. 
Zix, Edward J. Cpl. 



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1153 23rd, Newport News, Va. 
2834 Lehman Rd., Cincinnati, O. 



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Anderson, Charles M.Cpl. 
Astin, John R. Cook 

Baker, Walter F. Pvt. 
Barton, Charles E. 
Bean, Frank E. 
Beck, Herbert C. 
Berry, Edgar M. 
Berry, Samuel 
Biggerstaff, Turner 
Blake, Mike 
Blunk, Lemuel E. 
Bowling, Charles C 
Boyle, Martin E. 
Bozeman, Cameron S.Cpl 
Brown, George R. Pvt 
Brown, Howard 
Bryant, John A. 
Buelow, Paul H. 
Burrow, Burden W. 
Byrd, Freeman K. 
Calhoun, Roy C. 
Cannady, Henry F. 
Cannoy, Walter W. 
Carp, Morris 
Carter, Mac C. 
Ceasario, Domenio 
Ceresani, Antonio 
Christian, Daniel L. 
Cianflone, MarcantonioPvt 
Cichon. Anthon A. Pvt 
Clem, Frank C. 
Cocilove, Alberto 
Coleman, Verne C. 
Collier, William N. 
Compton, Frank 
Cook, Paul 
Corder, Leonard L 
Court, George 
Crimbschin, Frank C. Pvt 
Crouse, Sheridan E. Pvt. 
Cunningham, Corn'liusPvt. 
Davenport, Edward Sgt. 
Davis, Ellsworth C. 
Davis, Thomas 
Dean, Dan 
Decker, Romeo S. 
Dewees, Riley 
Do"meio, Onofrio 
Disora, Luigi 
Dorzinsky, Albert 
Drake, Frank H. 
Duncan, Lloyd N. 
Dusky, George 



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R.F.D.3, Box 5, Huron, Beadle, S. D. 

64 Main Rd., North Riverton, R. L 

233 28th St., Newport News, Va. 

610 7th Ave. N.. E. Roanoke, Va. 

2801 West Superior St., Duluth. 

270 Scott St., Oshkosh, Wis. 

Odin, 111. 

Tazewell, Tenn. 

R. F. D. 1, Elkmont, Ala. 

116 10th St., Paris, Ky. 

619 E. Oak St., New Albany, Ind. 

Pardee, Va. 

St. Simons Island, Ga. 

235 North St., Albany, Ga. 

Williamson, Va. 

Dodson, Va. 

Wilton, Monroe, Wis. 

Route 1, Asheboro, N. C. 

R. F. D. 2, Pioneer, Tenn. 

Perry, 111. 

Box 95, East Radford, Va. 

Max Meadows, Va. 

1716 East Pratt St., Baltimore, Md. 

1068 Johnson St., Akron, O. 

3230 Congress St., Chicago, 111. 

700 Dekever St., Chicago, 111, 

laeger. West Va. 

82 Dundaff St., Carbondale. Pa. 

2230 S. Albany Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Route 1, Harrisonburg, Va. 

Bloomingdale, N. J. 

R. F. D. 3, Portsmouth, Va. 

R. F. D. 7, Tonesville, Va. 

124 E. Mulberry St., Springfield, O, 

Cullman, Ala. 

Coeburn, Va. 

R. F. D. 1, Prosi>ect, O. 

112 Sanford St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

1257 Essex Ave., Dayton, 0. 

408 E. Pearl St., Cincinnati, O. 

3622 N, Market St., St. Louis, Mo, 

Carlyle, 111, 

Ducat, King George Co., Va. 

568 Burns Ave., Dayton, O, 

515 E. Front St., Oswego, N. Y. 

Swifton, Ark, 

82 Church St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y, 

Route 3, Brookeville, Pa, 

Route 4, Leseur Cent'r, Leseur, Minn. 

m E. 179th St., New York, N. Y. 

325 W. 12th St., Norfolk, Va. 

1134 7th Ave., Akron, O. 



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203 



NAME 

Dwier, Ray M. 
Eady, John N. 
Eisele, Herman 
Engel, Ferdinand H. 
Evans, Floyd 
Evans, Hobert 
Evatt, Alfred M. 
Every, Allen M. 
Falin, Enoch 
Farcoz, Fidele 
Farrar, John C. 
Fink, Ernest F. 
Flach, James N, 
Flood, Francis J. 
Fohner, Blair C. 
Fox, Leverett 
Fox, Ralph 
Frank, Tony 
Frantzreb, Carl H. 
Fratto, Joe 
Fulgenzi, Louis 
Futch, Daniel J. 
Gallimore, Charles C, 
Gandolfi, Giovanni 
Gangemi, Domenic 
Gargis, William G. 
Garner, Cad 
Gessner, Anthony 
Goth, Charles H. 
Grazier, David H. 
Grefe, Theodore F. 
Gregerson, William 
Grodecki, Walter 
Grinder, William H. 
Grooms, James 
Haas, Fred P. 
Hale, John R. 
Hamilton, Urban J. 
Hancock, James W. 
Harbarger, Frank M. 
Hartman, Raymond R. 
Haun, Surl N. 
Hazel, Warren J. 
Heidock, William E. 
Hemp, Clarence 
Henderson, Aubrey J. 
Hendricks, Mark H. 
Henson, Arthur 
Hicks, Clifford J. 
Hollish, Henry G. 
Hopkins, Lucian A. 
Hosey, Clyde H. 
Houpt, Glenn D. 
Howard, Clark 
Huffine, Melvin C. 
Hussey, James 
Idol, Joe 

Johnson, Alva M. 
Johnson, Ole M. 
Jones, Arthur R. 



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Macdonald, W. Va. 
R. F. D. 1, Kingsburg, S. C. 

19 W. nth St., New York, N. Y. 
1301 North Fulton Ave., Balto., Md. 
Mauring, Tenn. 

Mauring, Tenn. 
Yulee, Fla. 
Bloomville, N. Y. 
Roaring, Va. 

Box 46, Federal, Pa. 

Hagerstown, 111. 

5617 S. 3rd St., St. Joseph, Mo. 

21 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, iN. Y. 

418 E. Akron St., Akron, O. 

R. F. D. 3, Warren, O. 

R. F. D. 1, Woodfields, O. 

144 S. Ave., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

1231 Wright St., Indianapolis, Ind. 

Cowansville, Pa. 

Box 408, Riverton, HI. 

528 Montgomery St., Savannah, Ga. 

Dublin, Va. 

Main St., Rural Valley, Pa. 

619 Woodward Ave., Kittanning, Pa. 

46 Bond St., Dayton, O. 

Route 2, Seymour, Tenn, 

2321 Rohs St., Cincinnati, O. 

Oak St., Kingston, O. 

108 E. Walnut Ave., Altoona, Pa. 

Hoffman, 111. 

1105 Dodge St., Eau Claire, Wis. 

2024 S. Leavitt St., Chicago, 111. 

Route 6, Bethlehem, Pa. 

Tracy City, Tenn. 

790 North St., Marion, O. 

Nolan, West Va. 

Selma, N. C. 

Virden, 111. 

355 Moore St., Barberton, O. 

Atkinson, 111. 

Nemours, W. Va. 

422 W. Myrtle Ave., Youngstown, O. 

3145 Dearborn Ave., Youngstown, O. 

Buffalo, 111. 

Route 5, Dallas, Ga. 

Route 2, Baskerville, Va. 

320 Union St., Paris, 111. 

Chicago, 111. 

520 Talbot Ave., Akron, O. 

R. F. D. 1, Box lOA, Keokei, Va. 

2112 Eighth St., Portsmouth, O. 

20 Washington St., Shelby, O. 
Sabina, O. 

Algood, Tenn. 

926 Laurel & Baymiller, Cinn., O. 

Kimball, W. Va. 

Buhl, Ala. 

Route 3, Bloomer, Chippewa Co., Wis. 

Rock Hall, Md. 



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NAME 
Jones, Chauncey D. 
Jones, John B. 
Jones, James Y. 
Kavitz, Joseph B. 
Keller, Fred S. 
Kelley, Martin E. 
Kenner, Henry Clay 
Kemp, Hoyt V. 
Kemper, Henry M. 
Kindwell, Ernest E. 
Kilburn, Shirley 
King, Howard G. 
Klingensmith, Alb. H, 
Klingensmith, Harry 
Knudson, Andrews 
Koch, Paul H. 
Kohl, Foster B. 
Koper, Martin 
Krueger, Arthur P. 
Lancaster, Earl A. 
Lannert, Paul J. 
Lantz, Charles 
Leonard, Edward H. 
Lester, Port 
Lett, George 
Lewis, Edward H. 
Likeman, Gershen 
Litton, Dan 
McCauley, Edward C 
McGrath, Cornelius A 
Mafifai, Fiariavanti 
Malcko, Carl 
Mallory, James A. 
Marsh, Silas M. 
Mason, Leven T. 
Matysiak, Charles 
May, Charles R. 
Meade, Ambrose C. 
Meek, Cliflford 
Meredith, Henry H. 
Mitchell, Levi W. 
Moore, Clarence B. 
Moore, George O. 
Morgan, Daniel P. 
Morris, Joe 
Nekedly, Frank J. 
Nelson, Arthur C. 
Nickelson, Jens C. 
Noel, Walter H. 
Norris, Frank M. 
Opanchyk, Micoloj 
Palm, Harry 
Parker, Ben 
Parker, Fred L. 
Parker, John 
Parks, Charles L. 
Parsons, John 
Peal, Gilbert 
Pearcy, Claude 
Phillips, Louie D. 



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2119 Locust St., Anderson, Ind. 

Haydenburg, Tenn. 

West Point, Ga. 

Box 31, Merchantville N. J. 

927 N.E. 26th St., Minneapolis, Minn. 

1118 Madison St., Paducah, Ky. 

R. F. D. 1, Spring City, Tenn. 

Richmondale, O. 

R. F. D. 2, English, Ky. 

R. F. D. 1, Fairfax, Va. 

Eagle, West Va. 

Sylvania, O. 

Box 169 A, Route 3, Liechburg, Pa. 

Kelley Station, Pa. 

Algona, Kossuth, Ind. 

5133 Justin St., Chicago, 111. 

210 Sycamore St., Cincinnati, O. 

2184 iN. Woodward St., Decatur, 111. 

1257 36th St., Milwaukee, Wis. 

3109 Sherman Ave., Omaha, Neb. 

517 W. Columbia St., Springfield, O. 

120 Ellinwood Ave., Youngstown, O. 

27 Burlington Ave., Dayton, O. 

Willinton, W. Va. 

Raymond City, W. Va. 

Chincoteague, Va. 

962 E. Night Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

Hatfield, W. Va. 

Darrowville, O. 

Omaha, Neb. 

800 22d St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 

Vivian, W. Va. 

Ashland, Va. 

Coweta, Okla. 

227 42d St., Newport News, Va. 

Jobs, O. 

Cootes Store, Va. 

Flat Woods, Va. 

371 E. Ray St., New Phila., O. 

2401 Detroit Ave., Toledo, O. 

McCorkle, W. Va. 

327 W. Chicago Ave., Youngstown, O. 

Beulahville, Va. 

Dayton, Tenn. 

R. F. D. 1, Box 26, Thelma, N. C. 

2721 S. Hamlin Ave., Chicago, 111, 

Madison, Wis. 

1004 17th St., Racine, Wis. 

Snowden, Va. 

622 Warren St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Marquette, Mich. 

4704 N. Spalding Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Chatham, Va. 

Brock Road, Va. 

Clearfield, Tenn. 

110 Elm St., Roanoke, Va. 

Kimberly, W. Va. 

1030 Weserly Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

1517 Harriet St., Evansville, Ind. 

Wachaprague, Va. 



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Phillips, William Pvt. 

Plattner, Henry J. Pvt. 

Pusateri, Guiseppe Pvt. 

Quillen, George N. Pvt. 

Ricketts, Don O. Pvt. 

Ridgeway, Cecil M. Cpl, 

Riggs, Albert Pvt. 

Rogers, Glass C. Pvt. 

Rosia, James N. Pvt. 

Ruf, Henry O. Pvt. 

Ruffner Walter L. Pvt. 

Sanford, Lloyd Pvt. 

Schaffer, Joseph M. Pvt. 

Schinske, Charlie Cook 

Seibel, Oswald Pvt. 

Senneff, Lorenzo Pvt. 

Sernau, Otto Cpl. 

Servaes, Anton F. Pvt. 

Serviss, Levis L. Pvt. 

Shanks, Roy Pvt. 1st CI. 

Sharp, Edgar Pvt. 

Shepherd, John Pvt. 

Shinisky, Andro Pvt. 

Simpson, John S. Pvt. 

South, John N. Cpl. 

Spang, Robert C. Pvt. 

Spates, Jetson F. Sgt. 

Stark, Henry W. Pvt. 
Sterling, Clement R. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Stoffol, Roman W. Pvt. 
Strittmatter, Herb. A. Pvt. 

Stump, Demoss Pvt. 
Sudduth, William N.Pvt. 1st CI. 

Sweeney, John J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Szaulinska, StanislausPvt. 

Tesh, Harvey Sgt. 

Traylor, Herbert L. Pvt. 

Tyzinik, John Pvt. 

Ullery, Walter Pvt. 

Usitale, Joseph Pvt. 

Vinson, Braxton C. Pvt. 

Walker, John H. Pvt. 

Walton, Samuel W. Pvt. 

Watson, Thomas J. Pvt. 
Whittington,Farrell C.Sgt. 

Wilder, Leonidas Pvt. 

Wilson, Robert, Jr. Bug. 

Withers, Judson J. Pvt. 
Wolfenberger, Robt. C.Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wooten, Samuel A. Cook 

Young, Albert F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Zakrewski, Joseph Pvt. 

Zenara, Mike Pvt, 



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Damascus, Va. 

5338 S. Maplewood Ave., Chicago. 
319 S. Jefferson St., Kittanning, Pa. 
Big Stone Gap, Va. 
Cliffton, Tenn. 
707 S. Main St., Ada, O. 

721% 9th St., Greeley, Colo. 

12 Tutt St., Langley, S. C. 

6126 Langley Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Ansted, W, Va. 

Montevidio, Minn. 

145 Galloway St., Dayton, O. 

2109 Straubs Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Route 35, Eden, Fond du Lac, Wis. 

White Hall, Trempealau, Wis. 

Route 3, Knox, Ind. 

North Kaukanna, Antogamic, Wis. 

4600 Wentworth Ave., Chicago, 111. 

212 E. Union St., Paris, 111. 

Route 2, Leicester, N. C. 

406 Erie St. S.E., Minneapolis, Minn. 

450 Oak St., Taylor, Pa. 

Manchester, Kans. 

Filbert, West Va. 

1239 Superior Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Box 43, Briggs, Clarke Co., Va. 

7320 Melrose St., Cleveland, O. 

Cheriton, Va. 

Allenton, Washington Co., Wis. 

Erhart, O. 

Pizarro, Va. 

The Plains, Va. 

Pensacola, Fla. 

1817 Union Ave., Chicago, 111. 

R. F. D. 4, Lexington, N. C. 

Crewe, Va. 

Thorpe^ Wis. 

R. F. D. 1, Clayton. O. 

Route 2, Box Brandon, Wis. 

Ahoskee, N. C. 

Fort Myers, Fla. 

Browns Cove, Va. 

1330 Maple St., Madison, Dane, Wis. 

520 S. 8th St., Richmond, Ind. 

158 Porter St., S., Norfolk, Va. 

29 Valentine St., New Bedford, Mass. 

Mussenhuan, Va. 

R. F. D. 1, Rose Hill, Va. 

607 Veronica Ave., E. St. Louis, 111. 

Cullman, la. 

1412 Long Ave., Lorain, O. 

514 W. 115th St., Pullman, 111. 



Abbotto, Anthony T. Cpl. 
Allen, Leslie R. Sgt. 

Anderson, Charles R.Cpl. 



COMPANY "D" 



175 Forrest St., Montclair, N. J. 

St. Joseph, Mo. 

621 Campbell Ave., W. Roanoke, Va. 



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Armstrong, William E. 
Barkhurst, Millard S. 
Barnett, Robert T. :5gt. 
Berkowitz, Sam Pvt. 

Biggum, Raymond L. Pvt. 
Blevins, William Pvt. 

Bohannon, John Pvt. 

Bradley, Preston E. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Bratton, William E. Cook 
Brown, Reuben H. Pvt. 
Bryan, Luther P. Pvt. 
Bunch, Harvey Pvt. 

Buskirk, Thomas E. Pvt. 
Callis, Lenwood J. Pvt. 
Carr, John J. Pvt. 

Chaplin, Hammie L, Sgt. 
Clark, Enoch E. Pvt. 

Clark, James H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Clayton, Jephtha L. Pvt. 

Clemons, Dey E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Combs, Matt Sgt. 

Coryell, Lewis S. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cox, Lemuel C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Crouse, Guy L. Pvt. 

Daugherty, Lewis R. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dickman, John E. Pvt. 

Diedrich, William H. Pvt. 

Dilg, Harry H. Pvt. 

Dillinger, Frank Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dinkovich, Pit Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dorger, Herbert J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Draper, Eugene T. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Drexel, George W. Pvt. 

Elam, Algie P. Sgt. 

Ellis, Frederick T. Cook 

Eloph, Joseph P. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Erdahl, Leonard Bug. 

Esposita, Samuel Pvt. 

Fenrich, William J'. Pvt. 

Fishel, Luther S. Cpl. 

Fitzgerald, Walter J. Pvt. 

Flanagan, Joseph P. Pvt. 

Flay, Edward H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Fulton, Charles P. Pvt, 

Galezerano, James Pvt. 1st CI. 

Garrison, Joseph B. Pvt. 

Gerdack, Arthur H. Pvt. 

Ginnocopulos, John C.Pvt. 

Glass, Leslie T. Pvt. 

Gray, Carl C. Pvt. 

Greene, Homer C. Cpl. 

Grimsley, Milton D. Cpl. 

Guidry, Eraste Pvt, 

Hall, Douglas Cpl. 

Harck, Fred Pvt. 

Hart, Stephen J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Haynes, Edwin A. Cpl. 

Helbert, Ebb B. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Herald, Will Pvt. 

Holmes, Chester C. Pvt. 1st CI. 



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641 N. Sickel St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

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Ashcamp, Ky. 

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Paducah, Ky. 

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262 Franklin Ave., Bloomfield, N.J. 

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NAME 

Holtkamp, Henry W. 
Honnold, Richard J. 
Ingle, Samuel L. 
Jarboe, Robert E. 
Jergensen, Ralph 
Johnston, Chester D. 
Jones, Alex M. 
Kinder, Alfonso L. 
Klandrud, Olaf L. 
Kroenig, Albert L. 
Lapley, Filbert F. 
Law, Earl F. 
Leek, Conrad F. 
Letot, John 
Lewis, Clarence P. 
Lewis, Virgil B. 
Macovoy, James J, 
Maher, Thomas N. 
Maiwald, Richard 
Mansfield, Percy F. 
Marks, Alexander A. 
Matheis, Albert F. 
McClain, Waitman R. 
McClintock, Wm. M, 
McCrone, Thomas 
McElligott, Edward J. 
McGhee, Ezra C. 
McGinnis, James P. 
McGuire, Francis M. 
McKenna, Paul L. 
Meiners, Ray J. 
Meredith, Chris'ph'r C. 
Miller, Lee H. 
Miller, Ray L. 
Mitchell, Philip G. 
Moersch, Edward A. 
Moore, Edgar 
Moore, Robert F. 
Morefield, Barnit 
Moriarty, James E. 
Mueller, Charles J. 
Mullen, Howard 
Navey, Fred 
Neal, Wirt A. 
Neely, Earl E. 
Newson, Marshall M. 
Niebuhr, Milton R. 
Noah, Adread C. 
'Novak, Ben 
Okelano, John 
Olby, Julius M. 
O'Shaughnessy, Jas. V. 
Ostrand, Hilmer W. 
Paetow, John F. 
Page, George R. 
Palmer, Boyd M. 
Paris, Ray H. 
Parker, Clayton 
Pawelkowski, Frank 
Pederson, Johannas 



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111 Hayden St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
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7 Belpre Apts., Davton, O. 

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Ashland, O. 

1424 W. 54th St.. Cleveland, O. 

237 Charles St., Fitchburg, Mass. 

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419 Griggsville St., Pittsfield, 111. 

131 E. Euclid Ave., Springfield, O. 

443 Riddle Road, Cincinnati, O. 

Kenova, W. Va. 

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1318 Adams Ave., Huntington, W.Va. 

Silverpoint, Tenn. 

3604 Sarnow Place, Milwaukee, Wis. 

R. F. D. 3, Bellaire, O. 

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Pinnacle, N. C. 

591 E. 2d St., Chillicothe, O. 

1028 Prairie Ave., Beloit, Wis. 

2628 Federal St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

San Francisco, Cal. 

715 Decatur St., Richmond, Va. 

Sullivan, W. Va. 

Tobaccoville, N. C. 

75 New St. W., Paterson, N. J. 

Salisbury, N. C. 

4632 S. Francisco Ave., Chicago, 111. 

7th Ave., Homestead, Pa. 

R. F. D. 1, Newfalden, Minn. 

31 Poplar St., (Newark, O. 

424 W. Linden St.. Stillwater, Minn. 

1260 Dickson St. Chicago 111. 

Zanesville, O. 

R. F. D. 4, Box 60, Oregon, Wis. 

Marion, Ky. 

Bunlevel, N. C. 

N.W. 1332 Main Ave., Cleveland, O. 

242 Mieman St., Akron, O. 



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NAME RANK 

Pendorf, George A. Pvt. 
Perkinson, Charles W.Pvt. 
Petrik, Frank T. Pvt. 

Philips, Clarence A. Pvt. 
Philips, Ernest S. Pvt. 
Philips, Jack Pvt, 

Pierce, Joseph S. Pvt. 

Plescia, Joe Pvt. 

Porter, Paul Pvt. 

Potter, Charles W. Cpl. 
Pressnall, Fred H. Pvt. 
Presvelos, Christ. P. Pvt. 
Puffer, Waldo J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pyles, Alva Pvt. 

Quails, James T. Meoh. 

Raborg, George T. Pvt. 
Radonski, Andrew Cpl. 
Rasp, George Jr. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Regan, James E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Reighard, Charles V.Pvt. 
Reynolds, Thomas Sgt. 
Richards, William F. Pvt. 
Riggins, Bruce E. Mech, 
Robinson, John A, Pvt. 
Roderick, Walter A. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Rose, Frank Pvt. 

Russo, Biazo Pvt. 

Ryan, John C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Rychener, Raymond R,Sgt. 
Rydelski, Stanley Sgt. 
Sanders, Frank P. Cpl. 
Sarafino, William Pvt. 1st CI. 
Sario, Joseph Pvt. 

Schreck, Leo J. Pvt. 

Scott, Earl Pvt. 1st CI. 

Self, Darling Pvt. 1st 01. 

Sharr, Anthony Pvt. 

Sheridan, Fred M. Pvt. 

Simpson, Arthur V. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Singleton, Frank T. Pvt. 

Skelcher, Guy F. Cpl. 

Skinner, Jesse E. Sgt. 

Smith, Frank Pvt. 1st CI. 

Smith, Joseph Pvt. 1st CI. 

Smith, Lee E. Pvt. 

Smith, Lewis Pvt. 

Smith, Vq. Cpl. 

Snipes, Daniel J. Mech. 

Sockel, Carl H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Soliday, James E. Sgt. 

Sorey, James E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Stafford, John Pvt. 

Stafford, Leslie C. Pvt. 

Stepanovich, Robert Pvt. 

Stewart, Harry H. Cpl. 

Stowers, Charles H. Pvt. 

Strother, Homer L. Pvt. 

Sullivan, Daniel Sgt. 

Tatum, Eddie J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Tenerello, Veto Pvt. 1st CI. 



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5224 S. Lincoln St., Chicago, 111. 
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Box 35, E. Akron, O. 
Z2,7 Summit Ave., Schenectady, N.Y. 
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509 E. Monroe St., Springfield, 111. 
851 Fair St., Appleton, Wis. 
East Lynn, W. Va. 
Floralo, Ala. 

2414 E. Marshall St.,- Richmond, Va. 
2522 California Ave., Chicago, 111. 
Jacksonville, O. 

807 Ramsey St. N.E., Minneapolis. 
Oakridge, Pa. 

523 Asylum Ave., Knoxville, Tenn. 
Zebulon, N. C. 

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Rocky Mount, N. C. 

446 David St., Marion, O. 

Ervin, Ky. 

1205 2d Ave., New Kingston, Pa. 

1376 W. 61st St., Cleveland, O. 

Pettisville, Ohio. 

2145 Lubeck St., Chicago, 111. 

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272 iNotre Dame St., Mansfield, O. 

5814 Utica Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. 

14 N. Haller St., Dayton, O. 

Bandette, Minn. 

Hepzibah, Ga. 

1137 Albendale Ave., Cleveland, O. 

39 S St., Shelby, O. 

704 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls,N.Y. 

Holston, Va. 

Energy, 111. 

Piketon, Ohio. 

Clarksburg, W. Va. 

1285 Main St., Cleveland, O. 

507 S. Glenwood Av., Springfield, 111. 

Wayne City, 111. 

R. F. D. 4, Greenville, S. C. 

Denton, Ga. 

Marion, O. 

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Strawboro N. C. 

Jackson, Miss. 

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Lusk, Pa. 

Apollo, Pa. 

Cone Creek, Va. 

Hardesty, Va. 

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NAME RANK 

Thieleke, John R. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Thomas, Edward Pvt. 

Tincher, George Cpl. 

Tobin, Joseph P. Cpl. 

Toles, Clifford H. Sgt. 

Truitt, Edward Pvt. 

Van Dyke, Ralph Cpl. 

Vitari, Quirino Cpl. 

Weaver, Arell J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Webb, Delaware T. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Welch, Andrew T. Cpl. 

Williams, Gilbert E. Bug. 

Witz, Leo W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wooldridge, John Pvt. 

Yama, Frank Pvt. 

Zarter, Joseph Pvt. 



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Ocean City, Md. 

Coleta, 111. 

Millbrook, N. Y. 

1414 11th St. N.W., Washington. 

503 Clay St., Franklin, Va. 

Route 5, Moultrie, Ga. 

R. F. D. 2, Tunnelton, W. Va. 

110 Dartmouth St., Warren, Pa. 
During, W. Va. 

Kearney, Pa. 

642 14th St., Oshkosh, Wis. 



COMPANY "E" 



Accardi, Tony Pvt. 

Allred, Hasten C. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Amos, Homer W. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Anschutz, Walter O. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Ayers, Crawford Pvt. 

Baczkowski, AnthonyPvt. 
Bailke, Edward J. Mech. 
Barrett, Reed Pvt. 

Bartholomew, GeorgePvt. 
Barnhill, Edgar W. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Basnight, Weston Pvt. 
Beaman, Herman F. Sgt. 
Beason, Bernie A, Pvt. 
Becker, Edward H. 
Belo, Harry L. 
Bennett, James O. 
Berger, Edward B. 
Betleieski, Fortunat 
Betker, August 
Blanchard, Selvin IN. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Bower, David F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Bradley, Morgan J. Pvt. 
Bradshaw, David M. Pvt. 1st CI, 
Brewer, Fletcher J. Pvt. 
Bridger, Frank F. Pvt. 
Brisson, Cary 
Britt, Robert H. 
Britton, George S. 
Brockocki, John J. 
Brookshier, Fred V. Cpl. 
Brown, Charles E. Pvt. 
Brown, Lester L. 
Butler, Frank 
Campbell, James B. 
Campbell, Vernie A. Pvt. 
Carle. Lee R. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Carter, Will 
Cheney, George W. 
Chesnutt, Graham C. Pvt. 
Clark, Thomas K. Pvt. 



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East Main St., DuQuesne, III. 

128 Wiilow St., Mt. Airy, N. C. 

173 Moull St., Newark, O. 

Livingston, 111. 

Green Mountain, N. C. 

2955 Wisner Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Whittlesey, Taylor, Wis. 

Joppa, 111. 

Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minn. 

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South Mills, iN. C. 

Troy, Montgomery, N. C. 

Brookfield, Mo. 

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Lochomoor Hotel, Durham, N. C 

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Woodland, Northampton, N. C. 

Wagoner, N. C. 

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Mayodan, N. C. 

Route 2, Moultrie, Ga. 

Turkey, N. C. 

R. F. D. 3, jonesboro, N. C. 



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NAME 
Clayton, George D, 
Coley, Charles G. 
Comeau, Louis J. 
Condrain, James K. 
Corbett, Mai P. 
Covington, John T. 
Cowan, Tom F. 
Creekmore, Herbert C, 
Crowder, Harvey L. 
Crowson, Eddie L. 
Cruse, Clarence R. 
Davis, Elmore E. 
Davis, Levee 
DeForest, Francis E. 
Deierhoi, William H. 
DeMais, John 
Dietz, Frank 
Dixon, Byron R. 
Donaldson, William F 
Dunkelberger, ByronC 
Dupree, Griffen 
Dupree, James A. 
Dye, Omer R. 
Eatman, Oliver L. 
Edmondson, Luther R 
Edwards, David S. 
Egbert, Thomas R; 
Elliott, Joseph E. 
Emrich, Walter 
Ethridge, Leonard B 
Ferguson, Jesse H. 
Fesperman, Clyde C. 
Fickert, William L. 
Fiereck, John 
Finken, Richard 
Finkle, Nathan 
Fitzgerald, William B 
Flack, Ernest L 
France, Milo 
Gamble, James 
Gibson, James T. 
Gladhill, Edwin G, 
Glasbrenner, Wm. J'. 
Goetz, George 
Goldman, Morris L. 
Gray, John J. 
Green, George 
Griffen, Michael J. 
Haskew, Howard E, 
Haynes, Oscar L. 
Hayes, Dalmer H. 
Heaney, Frank M. 
Hegi. Frank 
Hekel, Henry F. 
Hill, Charles E. 
Hooper, Loyd V. 
Howard, Noah E. 
Hunt, Archie G. 
Hunt, Harry 
Hunt, Horace P. 



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Benton, 111. 

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721 Broad St., Grinnell, la. 

Bailey, Nash, N. C. 

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515 'N. 23rd St., E. St. Louis, 111. 

809 N. Church St., Belleville, 111. 

1448 E. 65th St., Cleveland, O. 

Lacy, Ark. 

Cooleemee, N. C. 

Centralia. 111. 

Fond du Lac, Wis. 

67 N 7th St., Paterson, N. J'. 

203 Sumner St., Waterloo, la. 

Norris City, 111. 

Robinsville, N. C. 

1502 Glenn wood Ave., Baltimore, Md. 

Hadley, Pa. 

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NAME 
Ingram, John 
Jacobs. Arthur L. 
Janowitz, Frank 
Jenkins, Andrew J. 
Jevining, Sigurd A. 
Johnston, Orval 
Jones, Ray H. 
Kantak, Barney 
Karasiewicz, Harry 
Kent, Joseph 
Krause, William J. 
Kringle, Alfred O. 
Laird, Cornelius W. 
Lander, Valentine 
Lemarr, Isaac J. 
Lentine, Rosario 
Lento, Francesco 
Lind, Fred C. 
Lowrie, William Von 
Lyles, Posey L. 
Machin, Stephen D. 
Madiou, Maurice 
Martin, Harry H. 
Martin, Merle H. 
Maupin, Meriweather 
McGee, Robert 
McGrath, Emory C. 
McVey, Edgar J. 
Merritt, Jesse L. 
Monroe, Robert J. 
Morris, James O. 
Mooney, Gerald 
Morris, William E. 
Muzzaretti, Giovanni 
Neff, Fred E. 
Noland, Frank E. 
Onbekent, Cyril 
Owen, Willie R. 
Page, Ross W. 
Palony, Peter S. 
Parker, Leonard T. 
Parsons, Harry E. 
Pawelko, John 
Peter, Joseph 
Pippin. Isaac C. 
Powell, John 
Purcell, Lawrence J. 
Radford, Kemper L. 
Rancour, William E. 
Reynolds, Elwood C. 
Reyns, Gustaf 
Rivard, Edwin J. 
Rogan, Hubert E. 
Rogerson, Abram B. 
Rowley, Leonard A. 
Rubin, Morris 
Russell, Earl G. 
Sacks. Morris 
Sawtell, Nelson L. 
Schleusner, Walter W. 



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419 H St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 

3701 Coleman Av., Menominee, Mich. 

Sunnyside, Va. 

Middle River. Minn. 

R. F. D. 2, Danvers, III. 

Petros, Tenn. 

1115 Cornell St., Chicago, 111. 

943 N. Racine Ave., Chicago, 111. 

R. F. D. 1, Federalsburg, Mid. 

Black Log. Pa. 

Box 5, Mikana, Wis. 

Langlev, S. C. 

R. F. b. 1, Box 16, Moshein, Tex. 

Clinton, Ind. 

19 Passaic Ave., Newark, N J 

229 E. 121st St., New York,' N. Y. 

4438 Euclid Ave., Indian Harbor, Ind. 

R. F. D. 1, Buies, N. C. 

Draper, N. C. 

622 Boissevain Ave., Norfolk Va 

30 W. 18th St., New York, iN. Y. 

Baltimore Pike, Swarthmore, Pa. 

Wayland, la. 

R. F. D. 3, Bedford, Va. 

105 Boulder Ave., Toliet, 111. 

R. F. D. 7, Athens, O. 

Harlan, Ky. 

1604 Prents Ave., Portsmouth, Va. 

100 Maple wood Ave., Mt. Vernon O. 

Cintra, Va. 

Chillicothe, 111. 

Buchanan, Va. 

Davis St., Johnson City, III. 

R. F. D. L Jacobsburg, O. 

Glen White, Pa. 

1515 Archer Ave., Chicago, III. 

N. Emporia, Va. 

R. F. D. 1, Minnesota City, Minn. 

449 E. 7th St., St. Paul, Minn. 

Whittles, Va; 

Obids, N. C. 

1853 Harvey St., Chicago, 111. 

Tyler, Pa. 

Route 3, Bristol, Va. 

Jaeger, W. Va. 

2940 Newark St., Washington, D. C. 

Lawton, Va. 

3120 Cypress Ave., Cleveland, O. 

5 Maplewood Ave., Germantown, Pa. 

137 Houk St., Iron Mt., Mich. 

French Road, Detroit, Mich. 

1811 Grand Ave.. Racine, Wis. 

R. F. D. 2, WilHamstown, N. C. 

Mt. Vernon, O. 

2490 E. 39th St., Cleveland, O. 

414 S. 10th St.. Paducah, Ky. 

2546 E. 39th St., Cleveland. O. 

R. F. D. 8, Carlinsville, 111. 

R. F. D. 4, Elk Mound, Wis. 



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NAME RANK 

Schmitt, Walter J, Pvt. 

Schneider, Frank Cpl. 

Sheppard, Arthur S. Pvt. 



Smiley, Harry A. 
Smith, Arthur J. 
Smith, Jessie C. 
Smith, John H. 
Smith, Taulbee B. 
Smith, Lee A. 
Stewart, Donald S. 
Styron, Burville M. 
Taylor, Robert K. 
Thomas, Guy 
Totten, Arthur G. 
Uhter, Louis 
Vaughan, Milton 
Veitch, John W. 
Wade, Isaac B. 
Wallace, Starling L. 
Ward, Harley 
Warner, Alfred J. 
Warner, Ocie O. 
Weaver, Floyd S. 
Weaver, Harold 
Wetz, Frank C. 
Whitt, Jesse A. 
Williams, Homer 
Winn, William N. 
Woodworth, Wm. G. 
Wynne, John P, 
Zeolla, Frank 
Zukowski, Frank 



Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Bug. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Mech. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 



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901 State Road, Appleton, Wis. 
3315 Commercial Ave., Cairo, Alex- 
ander, 111. 
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816 W. Clark St., Albert Lea, Minn 
Route A, Cordele, Ga. 

R. F. D. 2, Cleveland, Va. 

Sparks Hill, 111. 

Waynesburg, Pa. 

Back Bav, Va. 

Oxford, N. C. 

Sunset, S. C. 

Saltville, Va. 

416 N. 36th St., E. St. Louis, 111. 

Sedley, Va. 

231 Neiman St., Akron, O. 

Alto, Ga. 

Portsmouth, Va. 

Wellston, O. 

1420 S. 8th St., Springfield, 111. 

R. F. D. 1, Vienna, Va. 

717 Pearl St., Martins Ferry, O. 

718 Valley St., Dayton, O. 
R. F. D. 5, Lowell, O. 
Sorge Creek, Va. 

Long Branch, W. Va. 
436 Henry St., Portsmouth, Va. 
68 E. 102nd Place, Chicago, 111, 
Mount Airy, Surrey, N. C. 
Rox 33, S. Connellsville, Pa. 
1524 George St., Chicago, 111.' 



COMPANY "F" 



Andracki, Adolph 
Allen, George 
Andrews, iNeill E. 
Arey, Douglass 
Ball, Ivan L. 
Bartram, Thomas 
Baumgartner, Alfred 
Beam, Charlie 
Beerman, Bert R. 
Bell, Joshua C. 
Bergman, Joe F. 
Bockman, Jacob 
Boldin, John F. 
Dorg, Franz 
Bradford, Allen G. 
Braswell, Mack C. 
Brockwell, Roy H. 
Brooks, Cunningh'm B. 
Brown, Emmanuel E 
Bryant, Oscar 
Bryson, Charles 
Cannady. Evanda 
Carroll, Miles 



Mech. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
Cpl. 
Sgt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 
Cpl. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
Mech. 
Sgt. 
Mech. 
Sgt. 
Pvt. 
Sgt. 
Pvt. 
,Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 



1853 Harey St., Chicago, 111. 

Lumberton, N. C. 

Red Springs, N, C. 

423 E. Kerr St., Salisbury, N. C. 

Capron, Va. 

Steubenville, O. 

U. S. Army. 

Fallston, N. C. 

Sullivan. Md. 

Capron, Va. 

Columbia, 111. 

102 16th St., Columbus, Ga. 

Lubback, Tex. 

Crystal Lake, 111. 

1401 Exchange Ave., E. St. Louis, 111. 

Elm Citv, N. C. 

214 5th St., Newport News, Va. 

Monroe, :N. C. 

Route 1, Fairfield, 111. 

Andersonville, Va. 

Dalton. 

Durham, N. C. 

5500 Lake Park Ave., Chicago, 111. 



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NAME 



RANK 



Carver, Fred W. Cook 

Cassidy, James E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Chandler, Plumer Cpl. 

Clark, Clarence R. Pvt. 

Cloute, Allchin Pvt. 1st CI, 

Cogle, Charles E. Cpl. 
Coleman, Sidney W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cunnuro, Giuseppe Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cznkovich, Mike Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dagen, Thomas L. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Davis, Arthur B. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Densen, Walter T. Pvt. 
De Vane, Francis T.Pvt. 

Digeronimo, Nicola Pvt. 

Diedrick, Frank I. Mech. 
Douglass, Millard H.Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dukes. Hugh F. Cpl. 

Durant, John J, Cpl. 

trisler, William Pvt. 1st CI. 

Elliott, Frank M. Pvt. 

Ellis, Fred Pvt. 

Elmer, Fred W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Farmer, Cleve Pvt. 

Fishinger, Fred W. Pvt. 

Fourmier, John C. Pvt. 

Francis, Contantino Sgt. 

Freytag, Nels Pvt. 

Fulco, Antonio Pvt. 

Caddy, James E. CdI. 

Gardner, Asa T. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Gerkowitz, Wadyslow "p]. 

Gerlack, Louis Pvt. 1st CI. 

Gilbert, Lee Cpl. 

Gillespie, Vester Pvt. 

Gibson, Willie Pvt. 

Giles, James D. Pvt. 

Gilmore. Gurney R. Pvt. 

Click, Moony J. Cpl. 

Gordy, George H. Pvt. 

Griffin, Sula Pvt. 

Griffin, Thomas H, Pvt. 

Grigg, Robert Cpl. 

Grim, Strother W, Pvt. 1st CI. 

Greiner, Fred J, Pvt. 1st CI. 

Ham, George Pvt. 

Hamby, Marshall Pvt. 
Hamilton, Thomas D.Pvt. 

Hale, Harry C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Harmon, Fred Cook 

Hannah, Shelton Pvt. 

Hannon, Mathew Pvt. 

Hammond, James P, Cpl. 

Hawk, Fred W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Helms, Arthur S. Cpl. 

Hester, Palsey Pvt. 

Henley, William Pvt. 

Hitchcock, Guy L. Cpl. 

Hoeck, Axel V. Sgt. 

Holloman, Lewis J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Hoppes, Benjamin H, Pvt. 



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Saltville, Va. 
Greenville, S. C. 

213 E. Michigan Ave., Michigan, Ind. 
Fort Atkinson, Wis. 
30 N. Church St., Petersburg, Va. 
Newberry, Fla. 
646 Franklin Ave., Kent, O. 
18 S. Linden St., Du Quesne, HI. 
Tappen, N. Dak. 
Chillicothe, O. 
R. F. D. 2, Lindsay, Va. 
128 Wall St., Cordela, Ga. 
Hindsnia St., Cleveland, O. 
1174 S. Robert St., St. Paul, Minn. 
56 S. Count St., Athens, O. 
Ahoskie, N. C. 

3020 Guernsey St., Bellaire, O . 
714 Linden Ave., New Kens'gton, Pa. 
212 Randolph St., Richmond, Va, 
130 Willowood Ave., Newark, O. 
Broadhead, Wis. 
Coburn, Va. 

Evergreen Ave., Midvale, Pa. 
513 W. 7th St., Chattanooga, Tenn, 
5102 Delma Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 
Dabella, Mich. 

2229 Scotland St., Cleveland, O. 
1303 Park-wood Ave., Charlotte, N.C. 
Ceylon, Minn. 

285 Greene St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Osceola, Wis. 
Lenoins, N. C. 
Newry, S. C. 
Lowell, N. C. 

335 W. 35th St., New York City. 
Carrboro, N. C. 

1101 Parkside Road, Cleveland, O. 
Laurel, Del. 

Cornellys Springs, N. C. 
Winston Salem, N. C. 
Grover, N. C. 
Stephens City, Va. 
Franesville, O. 
King, N. C. 
Dawson Springs, Ky. 
Marshville, N. C. 
Freeman, Va. 
Austin, O. 

R.F.D. 1, Gander, Montg'm'ry, N. C. 
Belmont Ave., Philadelphia, Pa, 
Cerro Gordo, N. C. 
Gallipolis, O. 
Monroe, N. C. 

R. F. D. 1, Bladenboro, N. C 
113 Middle St., Taylor, Pa. 
Gage, Okla. 
Copenhagen, Denmark. 
Harrelsville, N. C , 
Marion, N. C. 



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NAME RANK 

Home, Joel R. Pvt. 

Hubbard, Corbett C. Cpl. 

Hudsoeth, Robert L., Pvt. 

Hughey, Charles E. Sgt. 

Ingle, Ivan P. Cpl. 

Jensen, Andrew P. Pvt. 

Jernigan. Cornell C. Pvt. 

Johns, Starns Cpl, 

Johnson. Robert Bug. 

Johnston, John J. Pvt. 

Johnson, Fred Sgt. 

Judy, Luster Pvt. 

Jatrzonka, Andrew Pvt. 
Kittinger, Richard A. Pvt. 

Klapetsky, John Cpl. 

Kurtz, Homer J. PVt. 

Kurz, Louis F. Pvt. 

Kniffin, Earl C. Pvt. 

Kornegay, Zeb V. Pvt. 

Kosche, Henry F. Pvt. 

Koetcki, Marvin Cpl. 

Kotal, Arthur S. Pvt. 

Krouse, Frank M. Pvt. 
Kramer, Christian A.Cpl. 

Kucera, Louis J. Pvt. 

Kuderka, Felix Pvt. 

Kulick, demons Pvt. 

Kumpis, John Pvt. 

Kwietniewski, John Pvt. 

Lane, Arthur F, Pvt. 1st CI. 

Leras, John Pvt. 

Lester, Roscoe Pvt. 

Light, Charles E. Pvt. 

Lipscomb, John G. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Loftis, Stephen M. Pvt. 

Lowen, James I. I\'t. 

Lutz, Tony Pvt. 
Maccarone, Dominick Pvt. 

Maestri, Andrew J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Mallett, Joseph A. Cpl. 

Marshall, John S. Pvt. 

Martin, Frank G. Pvt. 

Martin, Vivian C. Cpl. 

Massey, Frank Pvt. 1st CI. 

Mayhew, Harry C. Pvt. 

McCall, Crate Pvt. 

McFarland, Fred Cpl. 

McDonald, Klein Pvt. 

McHaney, Fred Pvt. 

McKeown, Hugh L. Pvt. 

McLauchlin, Fred Pvt. 

Mekutuk, Joe. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Metzger, Arthur W. Pvt. 

Miles. Luther R. Pvt. 

Mikolka. Joseph Pvt. 

Mote, Hugh D. Pvt. 

Motley, Beverly L. Pvt. 

Morrison, Jay C. Pvt. 

Morrow, Lidia Pvt. 

Mroz, Stanly Pvt. 



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Wadesboro, N. C. 

801 E. North St., Greenville, S. C. 

Greensboro, N. C. 

Metropolis, 111. 

Reedsville, N. C. 

Brooklyn, Wis. 

Benson, N. C. 

Hilands. Fla. 

Greensboro, X. C. 

Arden. 'X. C. 

321 13th Ave. N., Nashville, Tenn. 

R. F. D. 8, Athens, O. 

958 Dawson St., Milwaukee, Wis. 

439 Sutter Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Bryant, Ind. 

1027 High St., Youngstown, O. 

Alexandria. Minn. 

Mt. Olive, N. C. 

4324 Sacramento Ave., Chicago, 111. 

38 26th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

2722 S. Central Park Ave., Chicago. 

712 W. 17th St., Chicago, 111. 

St. Cloud, Minn. 

2655 S. Millard Ave., Chicago, HI. 

4522 Jefferson St., Chicago, 111. 

3323 X. Crawford Ave., Chicago, 111. 

4627 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, 111. 

5435 Lake St., Cleveland, O. 

Mt. Olive, N. C. 

141 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. 

HarrellsTille, X. C. 

514 X. Main St., Harrisburg, Va. 

Gaffney, S. C. 

Woodsdale, X. C. 

Covington, Va. 

Thankington, S. Dak. 

52 Jefferson St., Hoboken, .N. J. 

3347 Ann St., Xew Orleans, La. 

Dalton, Ga. 

Cythians. O. 

409 W. 11th St., Richmond, Va. 

Wilson, X. C. 

Princeton, X. C. 

Gretna, Va. 

Grimshawes, X. C. 

307 Beauty St., Clarksville, Va. 

De Funiaic Springs, Fla. 

632 E. Madison St., Benton, 111. 

Quincy, Fla. 

L^nion, Tenn. 

2430 W. 25th St., Chicago, 111. 

Woodbridge, Va. 

Christianburg, Va. 

133 West St., Seymour, Conn. 

107 8th St. X.E., Washington, D.C. 

Vernon Hill, Va. 

Dubois. Pa. 

Asheville, N. C 

3141 Elm St., Toledo, O. 



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NAME RANK 

Muller, Rens S. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Nelson, Clarence R. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Nelson, Sam Pvt. 

Nerhus, Paul T. Bug. 

Newcomb, Charles Pvt. 

Nixon, Gullie R. Cpl. 

Ornduff. Stuart Pvt. 

Pace, Clarence Pvt. 

Payne, John W. Pvt. 

Peak, Harold N. Pvt. 

Pegram, Percival F. Pvt. 

Pender, James B. Pvt. 

Pope, Marcus L. Pvt. 

Pool, Charles E. Pvt. 

Porter, June Pvt. 

Porter, William D. Pvt. 

Powers, Jesse M. Cpl. 

Powers, Lertie Cpl. 

Pitts, William F. Pvt. 

Quinn, Joseph M. Pvt. 

Ragusa, John Cpl. 

Ramsey. Gilland Pvt. 

Reilly, Danial J. Sgt. 

Riedel, James J. Sgt. 

Rotter, Nathan Pvt. 

Rogers, Webster W. Pvt. 

Sellers, Paul Pvt. 

Seresko, Paul Pvt. 1st CI. 

Sefph, George H. Pvt. 

Six, Corney Pvt. 1st CI. 

Slavick, Otto Pvt. 

Smith, Dan Pvt. 

Stein, Morris Pvt. 

Stromer, Frank Pvt. 

Stroud, Fay Pvt. 

Spreeman. Herman Cpl. 

Teleski. Jesse Pvt. 

Tapp, William H. Sgt. 

Touzil, Anton M. Sgt. 

Tilley, Albert J. Cpl. 

Turner. Bernard M. Cpl. 
Van Houten, William Sgt. 

Vinson, Tohnnie L. Pvt. 

Walker, Verna Pvt. 

Whorton, Charlie Pvt. 

White, Cecil J. Pvt. 

Wicker, Wallace C. Sgt. 

Yahle, Fred Pvt. 1st CI. 

Yunk, Bennett Pvt. 1st CI. 

Young, Theodore Pvt. 
Zartman, William F. Pvt. 1st CI. 



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943 Hagan Ave., New Orleans, La. 
34 Flint St., Asheville, N. C. 
Redsvilie, N. C. 

Morris City, 111. 

712 Sycamore St., Hannibal, Mo. 

Abingdon, Va. 

Saluda, N. C. 

Stone Mountain, Va. 

Waughtown, N. C. 

Greenwood, Fla. 

Drexel, N. C. 

Clayton, N. C. 

La Grange, N. C. 

124 Terris Ave., Petersburg, Va. 

743 W. 43rd St., Washington, D. C. 

Rolla. Va. 

R. F. O. 1, Fuliford College, N. C. 

1422 W. 50th St., Cleveland, O. 

14014 Hale Ave., Cleveland, O. 

Phoenix, Va. 

1546 1st Ave., New York, N. Y. 

4048 W. 22d St., Chicago, 111. 

10519 Massie Ave., Cleveland, O. 

Wakefield, Va. 

Franesville. O. 

12315 Mormon Av. W., Pullman, 111. 

Colonial Beach, Va. 

Chauncey. O. 

2107 Allnort Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Greenville, S. C. 

1617 Lawndale Ave., Chicago, 111. 

1132 E. 43rd St., Chicago, 111. 

Marrissa, 111. 

Underbill, Wis. 

Cherokee. N. C. 

Erwin, Tenn. 

2853 S. Turner Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Kingston, N. C 

1425 Oakdale Ave., Petersburg, Va. 

Rosedale Ave., Morris Plains, N. J. 

Bell Arthur. N. C. 

Brundage, Tex. 

630 North Sl, Bluefields, W. Va. 

Jonesboro, Ark. 

Coleman, Fla. 

96 State St., Waurvatesa, Wis. 

104 nth St., Bvesville, O. 

Hickory, N. C. 

Mosley Junction, Va. 



COMPANY "G" 



Abramoska, Arthur J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Adams, John W. Pvt. 

Adkins, Mander Pvt. 1st CI. 

Ahner. Edwin G. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Airato, Antonio Pvt. 



816 Lake Ave.. Elyria, O. 
R. F. D. 2. Bridgeport, O. 
Sevy, W. Va. 
413 Tiffin St., Fremont, O. 
29 Lizzie St., Girard, O. 



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NAME RANK 

Allen, John W. Cpl. 

Allen, Levi P. Pvt. 

Altman, Earl W. Pvt. 

Anderson, George E. Pvt. 

Anderson, Lawrence Pvt. 
Armstrong, Walter E.Sgt. 

Aurandt, William Pvt. 

Bales, Ernest J. Pvt. 
Balderson, Dietrich O.Pvt. 1st CI. 

Barthel, Henry H. Pvt. 

Beach, John L Pvt. 1st CI. 

Beam, Roscoe G. Pvt. 

Beers, John H. Pvt. 

Beddow, Charles Pvt. 

Bennett, Harold C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Bethea, Wade H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Blumberg, Sonnie Pvt. 

Brabbin, Harold Pvt. 

Brandt, George A. Pvt. 

Breseman, William Pvt. 1st CI. 

Brittain, Sanford T. Pvt. 

Brunner, Rollin Pvt. 1st CI. 

Buchannan, Jesse Pvt. 

Buchwald, John C. Cpl. 
Bumgarner, Marvin C.Pvt. 

Bybee, Charles F. Pvt. 

Carpenter, Frank Sgt. 

Cashion, Ernest F. Cpl. 

Carroll, Peter Pvt. 

Chalfont, Orval M. Pvt. 

Chudzinski, Anthony Pvt. 

Clark, James A. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cooler, Eugene P. Sgt. 

Cooper, Isaac E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cooper, Gordon Cpl. 

Covington, John R. Cpl. 

Craig, Robert Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cramer, Roy F. Pvt. 

Cunningham, Geo. A. Pvt. 
Davenport, Edman H.Pvt. 

Davis, Earl S. Sgt. 

Davis, John F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dixon, John H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dolan, Alvie A, Pvt. 1st CI. 

Donahue, John C. Cpl. 

Donley, Clarence E. Pvt. 

Dressen, Michael J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Drummond, Floyd A. Pvt 

Duke, Carney C. Pvt. 

Durra, Charles A. Pvt. 

Eddy, Governor R. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Edwards, Harry T. Cpl. 

Edwards, Wayne K. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Ellison, Ray Pvt. 

Ellmore, Robert F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Engelage, Robert L. Pvt 

Eppard, Cecil Cpl. 

Fannin, George R. Pvt. 

Fisk, Edward E. Pvt 

Ford, James L. Pvt. 



HOME ADDRESS 
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Findlay, O. 
Mechanicsburg, O. 
1012 Woodland Ave., Toledo, O. 
Aurora, Ind. 
Natifs, O. 

Route 2, Vandalia, 111, 
Newland, Va. 

1100 Schell St., Belleville, 111. 
Cincinnati, O. 

217 Morgan St., Shelby, N. C. 
R. F. D. 8, Marion, O. 
Dethick. O. 

R. F. D. 3, Toledo, O. 
Little Rock, S. C. 
608 Kanawha St., Charleston, W. Va. 
604 Randolph St., Charleston, W. Va. 
1044 Blum St., Toledo, O. 
310 Garfield Ave., Manasha, Wis. 
R. F. D. 2, Henry, N. C. 
1736 Wabash Ave., Ft. Wayne, Ind. 
Bakersville, N. C. 
1812 Braddish Ave., Baltimore, Md. 
Lenoir, N. C. 
Equality, 111. 
MoorcroSt, Wyo. 
Lincolnton, N. C. 
P. O. Box 155, Murry, O. 
116 Seneca St., Cambridge. O. 
2046 W. Napoleon St., Fremont. O. 
505 Hendricks Ave., St. Mary's, O. 
Hardeeville. S. C. 
Equality, 111. 

2302-9 Octavia St, New Orleans, La. 
Franklin, Va. 

1631 Western Ave., Toledo, O. 
North Jackson, O. 
316 Ayers St., Youngstown, O. 
Belle River, 111. 
Chickamauga Park, Ga. 
Fayetteville, N. C, 
CarthoUj O. 
Dunbar, Pa. 

712 Washington St., Petersburg, Va. 
Lincoln Ave., Bridgeport, O. 
196 N. Oak St, Duquoin, 111. 
Barbours Creek, Va. 
Pantago, N. C. 

9319 LeRoy Ave., Cleveland, O. 
Freeport, 0. 

8115 Melrose Ave., Cleveland, O. 
R. F. D. 3, O'maha. Ilk 
R. F. D. 2, Caldwell, O. 
Leesburg, Va. 
Loveland, Clermont, O. 
Staples, Todd, Miinn. 
R. F. D. 4, Stony Creek, Va. 
Nelsonville, O. 
711 W. 2d St, Bicknell, Ind. 



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217 



NAME 

Franco, Giovanni 
Freed, Francis 
Freeman, Roland S. 
Funderburg, Gail F. 
Galloway, John P. 
George, John C. 
Gilder, Walter L. 
Gill, Harry 
Golden, Arnold D. 
Gould, Joseph C. 
Gribble, Wendall D. 
Grigal, Joseph W. 
Haga, Tohnnie W. 
Hale, Garland M. 
Halferty, David S. 
Hall, Oscar E. 
Hamilton, Elwin H. 
Harlsun, Edward O. 
Harris, John W. 
Haynes, Edgar F. 
Holton, Charles 
Hunger, Peter O. 
Hutchcraft, Rov R. 
Hyde, Harold H. 
Jackson, Charles F. 
Johnson, Arthur V, 
Johnston, Louis 
Joyce, Carl M. 
Kleinsmith, George 
Kugler, Ralph W. 
Kurceba, Basil 
Lacy, Charles H. 
Larson, Joseph E. 
Larson, Meade E. 
La Velle, Edward B. 
Lessman, Frank 
Lester, Fred H. 
Limberger, L'wr'nce O, 
Luccarini, Joseph 
Mantiply, Edward M. 
Mays, Mitchell R. 
McLeod, Harry W. 
Menuti, Giuseppe 
Merica, Talli C. 
Merrick, Robert A. 
Michalshislin, Niketa 
Moffett, Roy E. 
Montague, William B. 
Morgan, Edward L. 
Moore, William A. 
Morris, Arthur H. 
Murray, Richmond F. 
Myers, Frank 
Nash, Frank A. 
Naughton, John J. 
Nichols, Harvey E. 
Neilson, Enar 
Page, Jay D. 
Park, Robert C. 
Perry, Neal 



1st a. 
1st ci. 

1st CI. 



RANK 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Mech. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Cook. 

Cpl. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cpl. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Bug. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Bug. 

Cpl. 

Sgl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cook 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 1st CI, 



1st CI. 



1st CI. 



HOME ADDRESS 
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R. F. D. 18, Berea. W. Va. 

N. Main St., Salisbury, N. C. 

502 E. North St., Springfield, O. 

Norfolk, Va. 

White Cottage, O. 

Farmdale, O. 

5 Baldwin Ave., Weehawken, N. J. 

215 Walnut St., Covingham, Va. 

Box 233, Moose Lake, Minn. 

Blue Ridge, Ga. 

1635 Wabansia Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Cole, Va. 

Hanover, Va. 

Ollie, la. 

303 Morwood Ave., Dayton, O. 

Grand Bay, Ala. 

R. F. D. 1, Dallas, Baron, Wis. 

Louisburg, Franklin, N. C. 

Willard, O. 

R. F. D. 3, Glenwood. Ga. 

22 Narrow Ave., Carrack Boro, Pa. 

Gravville, 111. 

RFD. 21, Bx 1, Omro, Win'b'go, Wis. 

Buena Vista, W. Va. 

336 Carney Ave., Marinette, Wis. 

St. Louis, Mo. 

715 Mound St., St. Louis, Mo. 

1559 E. 49th St., Cleveland, O. 

1S31 Greysolon Road, Duluth, Minn. 

Cicero, 111. 

Byers, O. 

Sank Rapids. Minn. 

Ortonville, Big Stone, Minn. 

614 De Soto St., St. Paul, Minn. 

New Brighton, Ramsey, Minn. 

Saltville, Va. 

'New Ulm, Brown, Minn. 

1969 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, 111. 

Amherst, Va. 

2103 Park Ave., Lynchburg, Va. 

98 E. Maiden St., Washington, Pa. 

820 Mildred St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Elkton. Va. 

2547 E. 82d St., Cleveland, O. 

909 Jewell St., Danville, 111. 

Broadway, Va. 

2349 Sycamore Ave., Louisville, Ky. 

519 Main St., Oshkosh, Wis. 

R. F. D. 3, Bristol. Va. 

228 S. Lombardy, Richmond, Va. 

710 9th St. Road. Richmond, Va. 

Dow, 111. 

Browns, 111. 

1428 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood, O. 

705 N. Williams St., Goldsboro, N.C. 

6318 Greenfield Ave. W., Milwaukee. 

306 Broad St., Menosha, Wis. 

Metropolis, 111. 

Bailey, N. C. 



218 



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NAME 



Phillips, John L. 
PifiFner, George 
Piltz, Leo 
Posey, Horace 
Powell, Robert C. 
Price, Wiley E. 
Pulley, George C. 
Quigley, Jessie 
Reid, Irvin C. 
Reid, William A. 
Reynolds, Wash'gt'n I 
Rhodes, John T. 
Richardson, Johnnie L 
Ripley, Nathan 
Ruggero, Nathale 
Ruth, Frank C. 
Safranek, Henry C. 
Salemi, Vincenzo 
Sarto, Albert 
Sanders, James W. 
Saverance, Paul G. 
Sherrod, Richard T. 
Sikorski, Witales 
Sink, Harry L. 
Shoemaker, Thomas C 
Skelton, Jesse J. 
Small, James H. 
Smith, Edward 
Smith, George H. 
Smith, Harland M. 
Smith, Leo 
Smoot, Ernest C. 
Snead, Robert F. 
Snow, Bill 
Stanley, Furney 
Stanley, Robert L. 
Stone, Elwood C. 
Stutson, Walter J. 
Stroud, Dennie W. 
Stevens, Homer 
Summey, LeRoy J. 
Tart, Adrian 
Taylor, Samuel G. 
Thatcher, Henry 
Thomas, Donald V. 
Thomas, Melville 
Thompson, Arthur 
Turner, William 
Tyson, Joseph B. 
Underwood, Norflet 
Underwood, Stanton 
Vest, Willie T. 
Waldrup, Mack 
Wall, John L, 
Waller, Walter N. 
Wellenkotte, Harry 
White, Nuby D. 
Whitaker, Edward J. 
Whyland, Howard C 
Williams, Dan 
Williams, Elisha 



RANK 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 



Pvt. 

Cook 
Sgt. 
Pvt. 

.Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 
Cpl. 
Mech. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Sgt. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 



1st CI. 



1st CI. 



1st CI. 



Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cook 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Mech. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Sgt. 



1st CI. 



1st CI. 
1st CI. 

1st a. 



HOME ADDRESS 
Leaksville, N. C. 
Fayetteville, 111. 
Carterville, 111. 
R. F. D. 2, Manassa, Va. 
303 N. Front St., Wilmington, N. C, 
Mouth of Wilson, Va. 
R. F. D. 1, Zebulon, N. C. 
Green Cove Spring, Fla. 
Wayside, Ga. 
Charlotte, N. C. 
Chatham, Va. 
Norfolk, Va. 

R. F. D. 1, Cameron, N. C. 
807 N. 9th St., Murphysboro, 111. 
533 E. 13th St., New York, N. Y. 
212 N. Harrington St., Raleigh, N.C. 
615 E._ 5th St., Winona, Minn. 
Gillespie. Ill 

R. F. D. 3, Lore City, O. 
Liberty, S. C. 

R. F. D. 2, Darlington, S. C. 
Harrisburg, 111. 

175 Grand St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Carlton, Ky. 
Winston-Salem, N. C. 
348 Hinton St., Petersburg, Va. 
Reidsville. N. C. 

25 Burn St., New Bern, Craven, N.C. 
R. F. D. 1, Rennet, N. C. 
314 Gross Ave., Marietta, O. 
Bluffs, 111. 

1015 Rivermont Ave., Lynchb'g, Va. 
Schuyler, Va. 
Winston-Salem, N. C. 
R. F. D. 2, Deep Run, N. C. 
Shallotte, Brunswick, N. C. 
Benton, 111. 

2058 Josephine St., New Orleans, La. 
Pink Hill, N. C. 

1224 S. Branson St., Marion, Ind. 
308 Mangum Ave., High Point, N.C. 
Wilmington, 'N. C. 
R. F. D. 1, Meadow, Va. 
R. F. D. 2, Dunn Co., Knapp, Wis. 
110 1st Ave., Rome, Ga. 
Salem, Va. 

505 S. 5th Ave., Chicago, 111. 
R. F. D. 4, Gibson, N. C. 
Ansonville, N. C. 
Ahoskia, N. C. 
Smart, Va. 
Iron Gate, Va. 
Sycamore, Ga. 
Milton, N. C. 
Marceline, Mo. 
New Athens, 111. 
Fosdick, Va. 

2500 Peniston St., New Orleans, La. 
Amsterdam, R. F. D. 6, N. Y. 
Scoloneck, N. C. 
153 Hart St., Taunton, Mass. 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 219 



NAME 

Willis, Thomas E. 



RANK 

Mech. 
Willix, Thomas L. Pvt. 
Wilson, Charles D. Pvt. 
Wines, John Pvt. 

Wolfe, Fred Pvt. 

Young, Edwin PVt. 

Young, Otto E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Young, Williams K. Pvt. 1st CI. 



HOME ADDRESS 

St. Paul, N. C. 

R. F. D. 1, Andrews, N. C. 

Pensacola, iN. C. 

Waterloo, Va. 

Williams, Ariz. 

Watha, N. C. 

1907 St. Louis Ave., E. St. Louis, 111. 

56 Elizabeth Ave., Newark, N. J. 



COMPANY ''H" 



Adams, Edward J. Pvt. 
Adams, Roy Pvt. 1st CI. 

Alley, Doris J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Anderson, George R. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Anderson, Harry G. Pvt. 
Andrzjeck, Charles Pvt. 
Austin, Henry T. Cpl. 
Baldwin, Ebb R. Pvt. 
Barnes, Claudius K. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Barksdale, John S. Sgt. 
Beck, John R. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Biehl, Clarence L. Pvt. 
Bilyeu, Virgil C. Pvt. 
Black, Milton F. Pvt. 
Blocher, Elzie F. Pvt. 

Bottomlee, Roy Sgt. 

Brinkley, Grover Pvt. 

Brown, James A. Pvt. 
Buchanan, Clyde J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Buckner, Louis H. Pvt. 
Buckmaster, Joseph H.Pvt. 
Burke, Oscar L. Mech, 

Burns, Joseph H. Pvt. 

Capretta, Henry C. Pvt 
Cheatham, Robert L. Pvt. 
Chill, Stanislaw Mech. 

Cleary, Timothy D. Cook 
Collins, Lawrence T. Pvt. 
Conington, William F.Pvt. 1st CI. 
Corboy, Harvey C. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Corcoran, Michael Cpl. 
Cougill. Harry Pvt. 

Coyle, Roy Pvt. 1st CI. 

Crumb, Henry S. Cpl. 

Current, William E. Cpl. 
Curry, Clarence R. Pvt. 
Davidson, George M. Sgt. 
Davis, John H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Derrington, Elmer L.Cpl. 
Donahue, John P. Sgt. 
Dunlap, Ray S. Pvt, 
Eaker, Robert L. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Eisinhower, Walter L, Pvt. 
Elson, William Pvt. 1st CI, 

Evans, Ray Pvt. 

Fagan, Joseph J. Pvt. 

Falk, John H. Pvt, 

Falter, John B. Pvt. 



Dodge City, la, 

Ridgeway, 111. 

Carthage, Va. 

6003 White Ave., Cleveland, O, 

113 E. 3rd St., Metropolis, 111. 

193 Tappan St., Kearny, N. J. 

Athens, Fla. 

R. F. D. 2, Saltillo, Miss. 

Emporia, Va. 

304 Hinton St., Petersburg, Va. 

Cisne, 111. 

1009 Front St., Marietta, O. 

4th & Baker St., Albany, Ore. 

Guinia, Va. 

Midlothian, Alleghiany, Md. 

Kimberley, Ala. 

Cypress Chapel, Va. 

Ridgeway, 111. 

Tucapau, S. C. 

Pelham, N. C. 

Swansboro, N. C. 

Bloom City, Wis, 

1703 Boston Ave., Richmond, Va. 

Abbyville, S, C. 

Chicago, 111, 

31 W. South St., Akron, O, 

1518 Railroad St., Bristol, Va. 

163 N. 6th St., Brooklyn, N. Y, 

6711 Aberdeen St., Chicago, 111. 

1313 W. 59th St., Chicago, 111, 

Claylick, O. 

940 Front St., Portsmouth, O. 

1012 Francis St., St. Joseph, Mo, 

Mathews, N. C. 

Spring Creek, Va. 

36 iN'. Ellis St., Cape Girardeau, Mo. 

417 E. 4th St., Wellston, O. 

Norris City, 111. 

143 Woodward St., Milwaukee, Wis, 

La Grange, O. 

Bessemer City, N. C. 

2244 Fleet St., Baltimore, Md. 

Main St., Bradford, O, 

49 W. Hudson St., Columbus, O. 

Sparkill, N, Y. 

Kehmer, Beltrami, Minn. 

807 E, 2d St., Delphos, O. 



220 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



NAME RANK 

Faulkner, Jerome P. Pvt. 
Ferguson, Peter W. Pvt. 
Fischler, Franzo O. Cpl. 
Fitzgerald, William J. Pvt. 
Flanney, James E. Pvt. 
Fleming, Robert S. Pvt. 
Floro, Arnold B. Pvt. 
Fortner, Lattie Pvt, 

Foy, Oscar Pvt. 

Free, William H. Pvt. 
Frederick, Harold E.Pvt. 
Follansbee, Frank S. Cpl. 
Furlen, Roy Pvt. 

Gay, Ernest O. Pvt, 

Gallagher, Anthony O.Cpl. 
Glass, Hyman A. Pvt, 
Grant, George G, Pvt. 
Gibson, Claude E. Pvt. 
Griffith, Arthur Pvt. 

Grigsbee, Harry Pvt. 

Gundler, Lewis Pvt. 

Haley, Francis A. Pvt. 
Hammons, Walter B. Cpl, 
Harbough, George F.Cpl, 
Harris, George E. Cpl. 
Harrison, Norman K.Pvt. 
Helmondollar, C. W. Pvt. 
Hemsteger, Bruno Pvt. 
Hempstead, Horace T.Pvt. 
Henderson, Walter M.Pvt. 
Hennessey, David J. Pvt. 
Hennings, Ernest Pvt. 
Henricy, Edward Pvt. 

Henson, Clinton A. Cpl, 
Henshaw, Edward A. Pvt. 
Hiatt, Herman Cpl. 

Higginbotham, Clyde Pvt. 
Hockenberry, Emory Pvt. 
Hoeppner, William H.Pvt. 
HoU, Jacob C. Pvt. 

Hoggard, James R. Pvt. 
Honaker, Basil H. Pvt. 
Hoover, Clyde A. Sgt. 
Hubbard, Clarke A. Sgt. 
Hunter, Elliott H. Pvt. 
Hyde, Thomas Pvt. 

Imer, Harry F. Pvt. 

Jameson, James R. Pvt. 
taynes, Fred M. Pvt. 

Johnson, Richard B. Cpl. 
Jones, Ben C. Pvt, 

Jones, Tolbert Pvt, 

Keating, Michael T. Cpl, 
Kirkpatrick, Floyd Pvt. 
Kipp, George J. Cpl. 

Koerner, William Pvt. 

Kotek, Edward Pvt. 

Kwiecinsky, Joe Pvt. 

Langhoff, Elmer J. Pvt, 
Lee, Creek G. Pvt. 



1st CI, 
1st CI. 



1st CI. 
1st CI. 
1st CI, 



1st CI, 
1st CI. 

1st CI. 

1st CI. 
1st CI. 

1st CI. 



1st CI. 
1st CI, 
1st CI, 

1st CI. 
1st CI. 



HOME ADDRESS 
421 Orange St., Sandusky, O. 
R. F. D. 2, Lamkin, N. Dak. 
1012 Hyslop St., Hammond, Ind. 
1438 Addison St., Chicago, 111. 
708 E. Cleveland St., Taylorville, 111, 
42 Union St., Newark, O. 
Portland, O. 
Big Pine, N. C. 

3658 S. Robey St., Chicago, 111. 
Route 1, Box 71, Brunswick, Tenn. 
R. F. D. 4, Youngstown, O. 

Hubbard, O. 

2546 Kress St., Toledo, O. 

3251 91st St., South Chicago, 111. 

Raleigh, N. C. 

603 E. Commerce St., Petersburg, Va. 

Coalton, O. 

R. F. D., Chancey, O. 

R. F. D. 1, Westchester, O. 

103 Welsh St., Hillsboro, 111. 

Booz, Tenn. 

123 Sexton St., Struther, O. 

Vermilion, O. 

R. F. D. 3, Williamston, N. C. 

Kiahville, W. Va. 

Wood St., Piqua, O. 

R. F. D. Fremont, O. 

1023 Phumary Ave., Alton, 111. 

215 E. Canal St., Troy, O. 

952 Center St., Chicago, 111. 

154 Ward Ave., Bellview, Ky. 

222 N. Bowman Ave., E. St. Louis, 111, 

303 S. Charles St., Bellview, 111, 

523 E. Market St., Lima, O. 

1049 3rd Ave., Charleston, W. Va. 

2762 Latule Ave., Huntington, W.Va. 

4126 N. Leavitt St., Chicago, 111. 

Erie St., Honesdale, Pa, 

Clayton, N. C. 

Lebanon, Va. 

426 E. Park Ave., Dubois, Pa, 

3127 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo, 

928 Broadway, Toledo, O. 

Madison, Fla. 

R. F. D. 3, Box 97, Bellaire, O. 

Green Sulphur, W. Va. 

1921 12th Ave., Huntington, W. Va. 

R. F. D. 5, St. Clairesville, O. 

Sales Creek, Tenn, 

Crosby, W, Va. 

North City, 111. 

Kirkpatrick Hotel, Chester, S. C. 

313 S. Downing St., Piqua, O. 

943 Forsythe St., Toledo, O. 

2429 Augusta St., Chicago, 111. 

1112 S. Ave., Youngstown, O, 

363 Langdon St., Toledo, O. 

R. F. D. 6, Kenton, O. 



ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



221 



1st CI. 



Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 



1st CI. 



1st CI. 



NAME RANK 

Lenhart, George H. 
Lobenthal, Robert 
Longstreet, Harold C 
Mack, Alex S. 
Maney, Furman R. 
Markle, Asa E. 
Marneros, Mike 
May, Alva L. 
McBride, Alfred W. 
McCarthy. Frank J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
McCullough, James M.Pvt. 1st CI. 
McDonald, Earl J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
McDonnell, John J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
McMaster, Fred E. Cpl. 
McMullen, Walter Pvt. 1st CI. 
Meadow, William E. Pvt. 
Meadow, Omer C. Pvt. 
Mergenthaler, Clyde F. Pvt. 
Miller, Archie C. Pvt. 

Miller, James F. Bug. 

Miller, Robert Pvt. 

Minor, Fred L. Pvt. 

Mitchell, Clarence L. Cook 
Moore, Ira R. Pvt. 

Moore. Frank G. Pvt. 

Neal, Chesley E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Nehls, Chester D. Pvt. 
OSTelson, Carl J. Pvt. 

Northington, Sam'l H.Pvt. 1st CI. 
O'Connell, Dennis M.Pvt, 
O'Connell, Patrick D.Pvt. 
Ohlinger, Rush J. Pvt. 
Patock, Joseph J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Parker, Allie L. Pvt. 

Pierson, Charles F. Sgt. 
Peterson, Hamlet Sgt. 

Pittington, Clyde Pvt. 1st CI. 

Polzin, Henry Pvt 

Powell, John T. Sgt. 

Pruner, Carl W. Pvt. 
Psait, Joseph Pvt. 

Puperi, Bernardo Pvt. 1st CI. 

Puritz, Abe Pvt. 

Ray, John A. Cook 

Rabel, Charles O. Cpl. 
Reamy, George S. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Rudd, Willie L. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Sames, Benjamin F. Cpl. 
Schumacher, George E.Pvt. 
Schoengen, Edward J. Pvt. 
Shockey, Herman P. Pvt. 
Seals, Herbert C. Cpl. 
Sellers, Albert G. Pvt. 
Sendry, Michael J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Servies, David J. Pvt. 

Siedlecki, Boleslaw Pvt. 
Sieling, John F. Pvt. 

Simons, Olis R. Cpl. 

Stanek, William L. Pvt. 
Slattery, John Sgt. 1st 



HOME ADDRESS 
E. Fultonham, O. 
Pine St., Peru, Ind. 
41 N. Truesdale Ave., Youngst'n, O. 
1930 Baltimore Ave., S. Chicago, III. 
Shooting Creek, Clay, N. C. 
32 Buena Vista St., Newark, O. 
Box 232, Central Station, Toledo, O. 
Coffeen, HI. 
Breaksbille, O. 

3629 Fulton Ave., Cleveland, O. 
Mt. Victor, O. 

18001 W. Superior St., Duluth, Minn. 
236 Lincoln St., Portsmouth, Va. 
Box 124, Hillsboro, Vermont, Wis. 
5 Chartiers St., Washington, Pa. 
Hinton, West Va. 
Hinton, West Va. 

800 E. Madison St., Gibsonberg, O. 
R.F.D. 1, Albertsville, Chippewa, Wis. 
Greenup, 111. 
Sebring, O. 

1925 Central St., Cleveland, O. 
Bethany, 111. 

509 E. Marion St., Marion, O. 
608 Euclid Ave., Willard, O. 

715 Decatur St., Richmond, Va. 
1852 Dayton St., Chicago, 111, 
2014 W. 5th, Sioux City, la. 
1114 Framer St., Petersburg, Va. 
163 W. 66th St., New York City. 
Big Stone, Minn. 

R. F. D. 9, Richmond. Va. 

2425 High St., Chicago, III. 

Morrisville, N. C. 

26 W, Chicago St., Chicago, HI. 

Scarville, la. 

Elkton, Va. 

Min'sota St., New Ulm, Brown, Minn, 

Towns, Ga. 

Marion, Va. 

Wainock, O. 

Box 155, Martins Ferry, O. 

Chicago, 111. 

Knoxhill, Fla. 

Lebanon, HI. 

209 S. Main St.. Daveville, Va. 

R. F. D. 1, Roivista, Va. 

716 E. Main St., Louisville, Ky. 
544 1/2 3rd Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 
4921 Magnolia Ave., Chicago, III. 
Copper Hill, Va. 

Lilbourn, Mo. 

Kings Mountain, N. C. 

2451 W. 4th St., Cleveland, O. 

4506 Wilcox St., Chicago, 111. 

854 Driggs Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

R. F. D. 2, Grant City, III. 

Sebring, Fla. 

U. S. Army. 



222 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 



NAME 
Smith, Vasco 



RANK 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 



1st CI. 



Smith, Hugh E. 
Staton, Elmer S. 
Stromire, Dewey 
Stucke, Albert L. 
Sutton, Forrest 
Talley, William E. 
Tamillo, Walter 
Taylor, Wilmer F. 
Tenhave, Roy 
Thomas, John 
Turner, Jennings 
Tyree, John D. 
Underwood, James R.Pvt. 
Vellines, Flavins A. Cpl. 
Walton, James C. Sgt. 
Walker, Charles Sgt. 

Walsh, Mathew Pvt. 

Ward, Charlie L. Mech. 
Watson, Jesse Cook 

Watson, George R. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Watts, Charles Pvt. 

White, Lester L. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wiatrolik, Cassim<er N^Mech. 
Williams, Arthur Pvt. 

Wilson, Walter Pvt. 

Wise^ Ira F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Woodall, Francis C. Pvt. 
Wright, William T. Pvt. 
Young, George Pvt. 

Zopha, Bernard M. Pvt. 



HOME ADDRESS 
468 Arch St., Spartanburg, S. C. 
Sorrell, Mo. 
Hardy, Ky. 
Corydon, Ind. 
Sauk Centre, Minn. 
Glenncoe, O. 

IS Buchanan St., Bristol, Va. 
3358 N. Monticello Ave., Chicago, 111. 
Kleizleton, Va. 
Zealand, Mich. 
Belton, S. C. 

122 Lancaster St., Chester, S. C. 
Ollie, Va. 
Jonesboro, N. C. 

837 Shephard St., Petersburg, Va. 
Byron, Ga. 
8 Merrick St., Adrian, Mich. 

Sapp, Fla. 

Poplar Bluff, Mo. 

30 N. Williams St., Newark, O. 

Albany, Wis. 

Porterdale, Ga. 

Kankakee, HI. 

R. F. D. 2. Wilkesboro, N. C. 

Route 1, Mt. Perry, O. 

Route 1, Wendell, N. C. 

Gladys, Va. 

Adel, Ga. 

Montgomery, Pa. 

R. F. D. 2, Stratford, Wis. 



COMPANY "I' 



Acker, Glenn 
Alsworth, Malcolm C 
Ardis, James C. 
Arnesen, Arne B. 
Back, Clarence T. 
Bayer, John 
Barron, William R. 
Beals, Carey C. 
Beaton, Oscar L. 
Beavers, Charles F. 
Benazzi, William L. 
Berka, Frederick 
Bernstein, Samuel 
Blocher, Walter 
Bonek, Emil 
Brinkley, Horace F. 
Britt, Patrick J. 
Brumn, Paul M. 
Butler, Harry 
Butzer, Elmer E. 
Caldwell, John E. 
Carroll, Watson F. 
Gates, Clarence D. 
Conway, Martin J. 
Cosgrove, William P. 



Pvt. 

.Pvt. 1st CI. 
Sgt. 
Sgt. 
Cpl. 
Cpl. 
Pvt. 
Cook 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 
Bug. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 
Cook 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
Cpl. 
Pvt. 

Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 1st CI. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Cpl. 
Cpl. 



1st CI. 



1110 S. Main St., Anderson, S. C. 
R. F. D. 3, Sherburn, Martin, Minn. 
Paden, Miss. 
Hendricks, Minn. 

1501 Lakewood Road, Cleveland, O. 
3115 West 93rd St., Cleveland, O. 
2104 N. 13th St., St. Louis, Mo. 
1432 E. 82d St., Cleveland, O. 
R. F. D. 4, Suffolk, Va. 
345 North St. S.W., Washington, D.C. 
744 Patton St., Danville, Va. 
3476 E. 66th St., Cleveland, O. 
6013 Scoville Ave., Cleveland, O. 
Ormand St., Frostburg, Md. 
1601 Grand Ave., Wausau, Wis. 
207 Saratoga St., Suffolk, Va. 
2349 2d Ave., New York City, N. Y. 
908 8th Ave. S., St. Cloud, Minn. 
Lovington, III. 
3715 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, O, 

Olvey, Ark. 

R. F. D. 1, Charlie Hope, Va. 
4093 E. 78th St., Cleveland, O. 
Montgomery, Ind. 



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223 



NAME 



RANK 



Day, William, Jr. Cpl. 

Davis, Virgil H. Pvt. 

Desanto, Dominico Pvt. 

Dolejs, Anton Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dotson, Ferril Pvt. 

Driscoll, Patrick J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Eisenstein, Clifford C.Pvt. 

Elmore, Edward F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Elsasser, David P. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Everage, Joseph Sgt. 

Fairbanks, Oscar E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Fitzgerald, Perley Pvt. 

Fogliano, Carmello Pvt. 

Futch, Jimpsey B. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Galvin, John M. Pvt. 

Galyon, Nick Pvt. 

Garvey, John J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Gavorski, Frank Pvt. 

Gibbs, Robert Cpl. 

Goetz, Ben J. Pvt. 

Goldfarb, Morris Pvt. 

Goodman, Philip Sgt. 

Graham, Olin Pvt. 1st CI. 

Grise, Herman I. Pvt. 

Grimaldi, John Pvt. 1st CI. 

Grissmer, John W. Pvt. 

Handy, Lester E. Pvt. 

Hannah, Samuel B. Cpl. 

Hearty, Thomas J. Sgt. 

Hill, Eugene W. Cpl. 

Hilliard, William R. Pvt. 

Hoag, Harry F. Pvt. 

Holland, Bufard F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Honaker, John F. Pvt. 

Horst, Henry M. Pvt. 

Horton, Moses P. Pvt. 1st CI. 

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Jakeman, Benjamin B.Pvt. 

Jensen, Jens L. Sgt. 

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Johnson, Ingwal Pvt. 

Johnson, Hugh G. Sgt. 

Johnson, Wade H. Cook 

Joshu, Toney Cpl. 

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Kamiensky, Stanislaw Cpl. 

Karlen, Mike Pvt. 

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Keyser, Ellsworth Mech. 

King, Marion C. Pvt. 

Kirks, Ernest H. Sgt. 

Koch, Paul E. Sgt. 

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Leseney, Carl C. Pvt. 

Lewis, Montague B. Pvt. 
Lowe, Masie L. Pvt. 

Lyles, Charles Pvt. 

Magistro, ConstantinoPvt. 
Marshall, Tyra W. Pvt. 
Martin, Lawrence Y. Cpl. 
McCutcheon, Reed J'. Pvt. 
McDaniel, Carl F. Pvt. 
McElroy, Archibald S.Pvt. 1st CI. 
McGinnis, Robert E. Pvt. 
McPherson, Melville P.Cpl. 
Mest, Virgil J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Miller, Clarence Pvt. 

Mills, Allan J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Morris, William J. B.Pvt. 
Morris, Harry Pvt. 

Morrison, Sampson Pvt. 1st CI. 
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Mueller, William Pvt. 1st CI. 

Nairy, Albert J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Neild, Clifton H. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Odell, Ralph W. Sgt. 

Odell, Robert O. Sgt. 

Ohanessiam, ArminagPvt. 1st CI. 
Okonski, Joseph Pvt. 

Oneill, Raymond A. Cpl. 
Pace, William R. Sgt. 
Paque, Julius Pvt. 

Paxton, William J. Sgt. 
Perri, Joe Pvt. 

Perry, George W. Pvt. 
Petraitis, William Pvt. 
Petska, Louis Pvt. 

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Pichelmeyer, Jacob Pvt. 
Ponzio, Augustio Pvt. 

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Ray, Giles L. Pvt. 

Reck, Wilbur F. Pvt. 

Reed, Oscar L. Pvt. 1st CI. 

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Rose, Russell Cpl. 

Rowan, Martin Pvt. 

Sanderson, Samuel P.Pvt. 1st CI. 
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Scaggs, Howard Pvt. 

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Scullen, Joseph B. Mech. 

Seamon, Paul E. Pvt. 

Sharpe, Lloyd H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Shugart, Berrie L. Mech. 

Simpson, Robert C. Pvt. 

Skalski, Joseph PVt, 

Smith, Alonzo E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Smith, Andrew J Pvt. 1st CI. 

Smith, Charles A, Pvt. 1st CI. 

Smith, Harry E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Smith, John C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Smith, Milton Pvt. 1st CI. 

Smith, William A. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Solenetti, Dominic Pvt. 

Sosnoski, Wladyslaw Cpl. 

Speckman, Fred'k J. Pvt. 

Steele, Aaron R. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Spootswood, Will'm Y.Pvt, 

Stamper, Acie Sgt. 

Stanley, Roy F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Stine, William K. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Steinbaugh, George G.Pvt. 

Straley, Simon S. Mech. 

Stratford, John N. Cpl. 

Strozeski, Stanley F. Sgt. 

Sullivan, William Pvt. 1st CI. 

Swift, Ettis B. Cpl. 

Sweeney, Walter W. Pvt. 

Tapp, Peyton C. Pvt. 

Tarvin, Alvin H. Pvt. 

Thompson, Fred PvL 

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Treherne, Steve Pvt. 1st CI. 

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Trepinski, John L. Pvt. 

Turanskv, Harry Pvt. 

Turner, "Frank P. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wall, John G. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Walter, Charles S. Pvt. 
Walthall, Herbert S. Cpl. 

Ward, Clyde E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Watkins, Jesse J. Cpl. 

Waselewski, Casiner Cpl. 

Weaver, Lawrence Pvt. 1st CI. 

Weber, Roy G. Pvt. 

Weldon, James D. Pvt. 

Weiler, Paul F. Pvt. 

Westrick, Frank E. Pvt. 

Wertz, Marion W. Pvt. 

Whitehorne, Jos. H. Pvt. 

Willis, Coyle H. Pvt. 

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Williams, Joe E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Wright, Ivan Cpl. 

Yatzsak, Stanislaw Pvt. 

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Zimmerman, Earl E. Pvt. 1st CI. 



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Alston, Robert R. Pvt. 

Altman, George J. Cpl. 

Amberg, Max H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Andrews, Emore C. Sgt. 

Angle, Claude Pvt. 1st CI. 

Bahnsen, John Pvt. 

Baker, Benjamin H. Sgt. 

Ballengee, Harry H. Pvt. 

Ballenger, James W. Cpl. 

Barnes, Edwin N. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Barkley, Hurbert P. Pvt. 

Barker, John K. Pvt. 

Barnhart, Harry L. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Bakke, Christian Pvt. 

Bates, William E. Pvt. 

Beck, Charles Pvt. 

Becker, Joseph Pvt. 

Beecher, Lee, Jr. Pvt. 

Berman, Morris Pvt. 

Birkmeier, Leo J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Bistel, Ernest Pvt. 

Bland, Jess Pvt. 

Boerger, Harry G. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Bombeno, Salvatiore Mech. 

Braum, Frederic W. Sgt. 
Bernneman, James S.Cpl- 
Bridenbaugh, John K.Sgt. 

Brown, Leslie H. Pvt. 

Budd, Eugene Pvt. 1st CI. 

Burr, Lonn Pvt. 1st CI. 

Busick, Vernon M. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Buchholz, August Pvt. 1st CI. 

Busby, Paul M. Cpl. 

Campbell, Edward Pvt. 

Carey, Earl Pvt. 

Caldwell, Thomas P. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Calvin, James C. Pvt. 

Carlton, William A. Pvt. 

Casto, Boyd Pvt. 1st CI. 

Celluralle, Pietro Pvt. 

Chandler, Lon C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Christianson, Edw. M.Mech. 

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Conner, Frank J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Conroy, John J. Cpl. 

Copley, Lawrence Pvt. 

Coward, John C. Sgt. 

Cramer, Grant W. Cpl. 

Crapo, Philip W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Craze, John Pvt. 

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Crouch, Grace M. Pvt. Ist CI. 

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Davis, Harry Cook 

Davis, Howard A. Pvt. 1st CI, 

Davis, Lon E- Pvt. 

Dawschinski, Charles Pvt. 

Deas, Wesley Mech. 

Denson, Willie B. Pvt. 

Demrosky, Frank J. Pvt. 

Denzin, Charles H. Pvt. 

DeShetler, Joseph Pvt. 

Dinkier, Edward Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dlugouski, Walter Pvt. 

Dodway, Alfred G. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Doremus, Leo R. Pvt. 

Duclos, Noah Pvt. 

Dunbar, Edwin F. Pvt. 

Duvall, Charles A. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dyer, Abe F. Sgt. Mess 

Eakes, Emory E. Pvt. 

Engler, Clifton T. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Ernest, Albert C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Epps, John F. E. Sgt. 

Ethridge. Tony E. Pvt. 

Evans, Everett H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Evans, Phineas H. Pvt. 

Fisher, Edwards S. Sgt. Sup. 

Flynn, Frank A. Pvt. 

Fotino, Salvatore Pvt. 

Fritz, Edward Pvt. 1st CI. 

Furrow, Louis Pvt. 

Gambar, Patsy Pvt. 

Gaylord, Harry D. Pvt. 

George, John L. Pvt. 

Gidlund, Jonas Pvt. 

Gfeller, Louis W. Pvt. 
Gillpatrick, James A. Pvt. 

Goedde, Ignatius H. Pvt. 

Godfrey, Alex Sgt. 1st CI. 

Guilfoile, Walter W. Cpl. 

Gunther, Fred H. Sgt. 

Harrigan, Edmund Cpl. 
Harrington, Porteus A.Pvt. 

Harper, Royal W. Cpl. 

Hauenstein, George Pvt. 

Harmon, James L. Cpl. 

Heath, Willie J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Hobor, John Pvt. 

Holub, George J. Pvt. 

Holland, Lindzy O. Cook 

Houston, Harvey H. Sgt. 

Hughes, Clifford A. Cpl. 

Jacobs, Burrel H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Janisch, Andrews Pvt. 

Jankowski, Joseph Pvt. 1st CI. 

Jarmulowsky, Alex Pvt. 

Jenkins, Charles A. Pvt. 

Jennings, James A. Pvt. 

Johnson, Paul E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Johnson, Joseph M. Pvt. 

Kanady, Claude F. Pvt. 

Kapcinski, Lui Cpl. 



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Karsner, Mitchell S. 
Kenney, Frank 
Koehl, Frank E. 
Kosmatka, Martin M 
Kovacic, Frank 
Kratz, William G. 
Larson, Arthur T. 
Lavinowitz, Frank 
Levenhagen, Earl A. 
Leiser, William A. 
Linksavage, Albert 
Loebsack, Albert W. 
Mackie, John B. 
Malone, Andrew J. 
Marotta, Frank 
Mattina, Sandow 
Mason, Hubert E. 
Matthews, Thos. C.,Jr 
Mattson, Einor 
Mauser, Louis 
McDonald, Daniel S 
McDonald, Leon'd M 
McBee, Ernest 
McGirr, John C. 
Meuli, William C. 
Meldon, Sylvester M 
Mercer, Giles W. 
Miller, Paul P. 
Miller, Raymond C. 
Miller, Fred T. 
Monahan, Robert J. 
Moore, William 
Mursch, Edward H. 
Newby, Arthur M. 
O'Lenburg, William 
O'Neill, Arthur J. 
O'Neill, James 
Ostrow, Morris 
Peters, Joseph A. 
Pickett, 'Herbert A. 
Powell, Michael J. 
Prior, Frank C. 
Pulas, Louis 
Rainey, Milford M. 
Rathjins, Harold 
Ramsay, Earl 
Ray, John L. 
Roberts, Evan 
Rose, Scott 
Rupnow, William E. 
Rutkowski, Boloslaw 
Sator, George H., Jr 
Richardson, Reuben H 
Sanford, Steiner 
Sandhop, Otto 
Sanders, Joseph H. 
Schleifer, Charles 
Schalinski, Geo. J. 
Schroenghamer, Max 
Shear, Jacob H. 



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Cook 
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Cpl. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 
Pvt. 

.Pvt. 1st CI 
Sgt. 
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• Sgt. 

• Sgt. 
Pvt. 
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Cpl. 

,Pvt. 
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Sgt. 
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Mech 
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Cook 
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• Pvt. 
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Pvt. 1st CI 



1st CI. 



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1st CI. 
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NAME 

Shesler, Clarence 
Siracusa, Frank 
Skalak, John S. 
Skriver, Frederick G 
Smith, Herman 
Stringer, Edward P. 
Strobel, Elmer J. 
Sutherland, Henry D 
Taveirne, Edmund 
Taylor, James W. 
Testa, William 
Toman, Rudolph 
Underwood, James L. 
Vana, John J. 
Vancollen. Martin 
Vesper, Frederick G. 
Walker, Matthew H. 
Wallace, Guy C. 
Warix, John E. 
Warwick, Jesse B. 
Weet, Ellis 
Wierzbiecki, John 
Wood, Thomas H. 
Wrobel, Bruno 
Xenos, George 
Zengerle, John E. 
Zimmerman, Virgil 
Zuchowski, Steve J. 
Young, Oswald 



RANK 

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Bug. 
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.Pvt. 
Cook 
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Idaville, Ind. 

3610 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, O. 
1101 Norka Ave., Akron, O. 
105 E. 8th St, St. Paul, Minn. 
Emmerton, Va. 

3042 Lexington St., Chicago, 111. 
2133 W. 67th St, Cleveland, O. 
Russell, Va. 
LaSalle, 111. 
Grand Glaise, Ark. 
43 Stone St, Newark, N. J, 
R. F. D. 2, West Newton, Pa. 
R. F. D. 2, Cunningham, Tenn. 
6907 Salem Ave., Cleveland, O. 
1809 N. Monroe, Baltimore, Md. 
R. F. D. 1, Worden, III. 
7130 Clasen, Cleveland, O. 
383 W. 10th St., Atlanta, Ga. 
Superior, O. 

216 E. Connecticut, Knoxville, Tenn. 
R. F. D. 2, London, O. 
8304 Baker Ave., Chicago, 111. 
Durham, N. C. 
6006 Morse St., Cleveland, O. 
902 Grand Ave., Chicago, 111. 
6405 Cleveland, O. 
2402 N. Bouvier St., Phila,, Pa. 
1324 Holt St., Chicago, 111. 
Alma, Ga. 



COMPANY "L" 



Alcers, David 
Anderson, Sam C. 
Aub, Marvin H. 
Barry, Cornelius F. 
Bassi, John 
Belcher, Jesse O. 
Benke, Frederick H. 
Bergaus, Anthony J. 
Bettini, Alfred 
Bluff, Michael 
Boehnlein, Joseph A. 
Booms, Henry A. 
Bowers, Claude V. 
Bowman, Wise 
Butcher, Ed. 
Byrd, Charles H. 
Camery, Otis 
Carrao, Basilio 
Cermak, Frank E. 
Clarey, John P. 
Cline, Mace 
Cornett, Lester W. 
Cornwell, Chyle B. 
Cowart, Claude M. 
Cummins, Paul H. 
Czaplinki, John 
Danaher, Maurice J. 



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Russell, Ky. 

1008 St Clair St, Hudson, Wis. 

10617 Ashbury Ave., Cleveland, O. 

1614 3d St., N.E., Min'apolis, Minn. 

248 E. 44th St., New York City. 

Box 91, Moultrie, Ga. 

783 Cherokee Ave., St Paul, Minn. 

902 Johnson St, La Crosse. Wis. 

331 E. 146th St., New York City. 

R. F. D. 232, Minersville, Pa. 

13401 Eaglesmere Ave., Cleveland,©. 

2051 W. 83rd St, Cleveland, O. 

Zanesville, O. 

R. F. D. 1, Box 55, Mayberry, Va. 

Glen Alum, Va. 

3807 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, O. 

Neville, O. 

2065 Random Rd., Cleveland, O. 

4408 Trumbull St., Cleveland, O. 

2959 Colorado Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Burnside, Ky. 

110 Kansas Ave., Columbus, Kan. 

Route 3, Scottsville, Ky. 

Graymont, Ga. 

Prescott, Kans. 

4913 W. 29th PI., Cicero, lU. 

462 W. 44th St, Chicago, 111. 



530 



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NAME R.\NK 

Danahey, John T. Cpl. 

Davidson. Love R. Cpl. 

Davis. Albert J. Pvt. 

Davis. William E. Pvt. 

Depinto. Jack I*vt. 1st CI. 

Doehner, Otto Pvt. 1st CI. 

Dobbs. Sidney Cpl. 

Domain. George E. Sgt. 

Donovan. John Pvt. 

Drafts. Tames B. Pvt. 

Duaime. Joseph W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Earle. Charles C. PVt. 

Eberle. Walter H. P^*t. 
Endres. Raymond G.PVt. 1st CI. 

Esseman. Christ Pvt. 

Ferguson. Willard Pvt. 

Fomuk, John PvL 

Foes. John C. Pvt. 

Forbes, Herman T. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Francx), Peter Pvt. 1st CI. 

Gagnon. Severe A. Pvt. 1st Q. 

Gabigan. Thomas J. Sgt. 

Geeting. Alfred M. Bug. 

Genisanko. Tohn T. Pvt. 

Glowik. Barney B. Pvt. 1st CU 

Gramatiello. John Pvt. 

Gray. John A. Pvt. 

Gulio. Michael Pvt. 

HalL Willie Pvt. 

Harris. John E. Pvt. 

Hart. George C. Pvt. 
Hastings. Williams C.Pvt. 

Hauck, Frank _H. Cpl. 

Heiner, Joe W. Pvt. 

Helmstetter, Leo E. Cpl. 

Herman. Toe Pvt. 1st CI. 

Herb, John P. Pvt. 

Herr, John P*vt. 

Hesidenz, Frank A. Cpl. 
Higgins, Clarence R-Pvt. 

Hilton. Walter Pvt. 

Hilts. Charles H. P%n. 

Hinds. Cecil A. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Hixon, Pearl D. Pvt. 

Hogan. Charles Sgt. 1st CI. 

Hcleman. Oswald U. Cpl. 

Hohnstedt, Leo T. Cpl. 

Holstein, Claude W. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Howard, Frank B. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Howell. Clarence C. PVt. 

Howell, James Pvt. 

Huegle. August J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Hughes. William H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Hummel. Leo A. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Hurlbrink, Edwin J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Irvine, Frank E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Jagdfeld, John W. Cpl. 

Tenkins. Joseph E. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Tett. Welton Pvt. 

Tezsik. Stephen J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

jollv. John R. Sgt. 



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Red Bav. Ala. 

848 George St.. Chicago. 111. 
32 Queen St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 
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6037 Trinitv St., Philadelphia. Pa. 
1436 Plaisaunce St., Chicago, 111. 
6624 Ouimby Ave.. Cleveland. O. 
102 3rd Ave.. Faribault, Minn. 
1443 Ogden Ave., Chicago, III. 
Woodlawn, 111. 

922 Moxahalia Ave.. Zanesville, O. 
104 Collins .\ve.. Baltimore. Md. 
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720 W. 25th PI., Chicago 111. 
2871 Woodhill Rd.. Cleveland, O. 
16 Frankfort St., Providence. R. I. 
746 E. Fr'klin St., Huntington. Ind. 
Maybrook. N. Y. 
6315 Lansing Ave.. Cleveland. O. 
2224 Murray Hill Ave.,CIeveland, O. 
623 3rd Ave., Huntington, Va. 
Ybor City. Fla. 
Lvnch Station, Va. 
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616 1st Ave.. Altoona, Pa. 
Lodi, O. 

Route 1. Batavia, O. 
5716 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O. 
708 E. Springs St., St. Marv's, O. 
3008 Stickney Ave., Toledo, O. 
429 Tackson St.. Sanduskv, O. 
R. F'. D. 2, Bavaria. O. " 
437 Bishop St., Akron, O. 
3701 X. 9th St.. Sl Louis, Miss. 
Route 3. Jefferson, S. C. 
Cobleskill. N. Y. 
212 E. Edgar St., Paris, 111. 
Spareursville. O. 
1701 "Wash. St.. St. Louis, Mo. 
Box 59, luka. 111. 
413 E. 3rd St., Alton, III. 
St. Albans, Va. 
Route 2. Cookeville, Tenn. 
Ray Ford, Va. 
Milton. Va. 
Red Bud. 111. 
Route 2. Fort White, Fla. 
250 W. 2nd St., ChilHcothe, O. 
427 St. Louis St.. Toledo, O. 
416 N. Tefferson St.. Paris, HI. 
22 6th St., Fond du Lac, Wis. 
R. F. D. 2, Standfield, N. C. 
R. F. D. 2, Elida. O. 
R. F. D. 2. Box 105, Tallapoosa, Ga. 
R. F. D. 4, McCormick, S. C. 



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NAME 



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Jones, Acy T. Pvt 

Tones, Alfred J. Cpl. 

Tones, James E. Cook 

Juhnke, Emil W, Prt. 
Kane, Frank Cook 

Kaneen, William G. Pvt. 
Keeling, Harry H. Pvt. 1st Q. 
Keenan, John PVt. 

Kelley, Luther E. Pvt. 
KeJlv, William Sgt. 

Kibler, Charles Pvt. 

Kincaid, Roy M. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Kinsner, Henry C. Pvt. 
Klishpaugh. Clar. D. Mech. 
KlingbeU, Gottlieb Pvt. 
Knupp, Eugene Pvt, 

Konas, Joseph Pvt. 

Krap, Albert Pvt. 

Kuhlman, Ferdin'd H,Cpl. 
Kuhr, Albert J. Pvt. 

Kurelko, Sam Pvt. 

Landorf, Edward -\, PVt. 
I^zenby. James E. Pvt. 
LeRg, William E. Pvt. 

Leist, Alfred R. Pvt. 

Leone, Casto Bug. 

Liddy, Bernard J. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Luther, William Pvt. 

McDonald. James E, Cpl. 
Manson. Oscar S. Cpl. 
Mast, Ralph Cpl. 

Mathenv. Tohn C. Pvt. 
Matson, Ed. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Maughon, Claude E. Pvt. 1st CI. 
McBride, Robert E. Pvt. 
McClain, Joseph W. Pvt. 
McKeever, George H.Pvx. 
McManus. Frank T. Pvt. 
McWharter, Henry'E.Cpl. 
Merw-in. Charles H. Pvt, 
Morris, John P. Pvt. Ist CI. 

Mozden, Steve Pvt. 

Mullenax, Tiffin R, Pvt. 
Mullins. Harr>- B. Cpl. 
Muscatello Giuseppi Pvt. 
Xauer, Carl Mech. 

Xektaredes, Costos Pvt. 1st CI. 
Nelson, Julius K. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Nelson, Lester O. Pvt. 
Newbery. Harold C. Sgt. 
Nicholis, Reese Pvt. 

Nowark, Tohn Pvt, 

O'Laughlin. Dan Pvt. 1st CI. 

Orthmever, Tones Cpl. 
OToole, John R. Pvt. 

Parrish. Grady Cook 

Peterson, Leonard R,Pvt. 
Peterson. Lyle I. Pvt. 

Pettis, Levi M. Sgt. 

Pfallcr, Jacob Cpl. 

Pinson, Owen Pvt. 



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14118 Kirwin Ave., Cleveland, O. 
R. F. D. 1, Creston, Ga. 
936 Avondale St,. Toledo. O. 
43 Pratt St., Providence, R. I. 
8123 Cor>- Ave.. Cleveland. O. 
R. F. D. 7, Bo,x 60. Defiance, O. 
3384 Cherry St., Toledo, O. 
Peorisburg, Va. 
Covington. Tenn. 
R. F. D. 17, New Milford, O. 
R. F. D. 6, Pana, III. 
7014 Wade Park Ave.. Oeveland, O. 
Minneapolis. Minn. 
1620 Buckingham Ave., Toledo, O. 
R. F. D. 3. Lima, O. 
3409 Cypress Ave., Cleveland, O. 
Holgate. O. 

873 Colbum St, Toledo, O. 
319 Havre St.. Toledo. O. 
235 E. North St., Akron, O. 

716 Petrie St, Youngstown, O. 
R. F. D.. Monita. Va. 

717 E. 5th St., Des Moines, la. 

R. F. D. 3. Box 2, Libertv Center. O. 

1233 W. 69th St., Cleveland, O. 

East Main St.. Bradford. O. 

1990 Champlain Ave., Toledo, O. 

640 Erie St.. Youngstown, O. 

5426 lower Ave., Superior, Minn. 

Clover, Va. 

Walnut Grove, Va, 

2240 E. 4Qth St.. Cleveland. O. 

R. F. D. 1, Oxford, Ga, 

Florence, Ala. 

R. F. D. 7, Athens, O. 

Wavnesville. O. 

459' Clark St., Toledo, O. 

Milton. Va. 

R. F. D. 1. Middlefield. O. 

North Main St., Hubbard, O, 

3834 Croton Ave,, Cleveland, O. 

Osceola. Va. 

1512 Dixie St,, Charleston, W. Va. 

Loweilville. O. 

3936 12th Av.. S. Minneapolis. Minn. 

23S E. 46th St.. New York City. 

Island Lake. Minn. 

R, F. D. 4. Barron. Wis. 

1518 Chester Ave., Cleveland, O. 

Wannsville. A'a. 

2340 W. Lindale St.. Chicago. HI. 

Dawson, HI. 

Portsmouth. O. 

7940 Broadway Ave., Cleveland, O. 

Warrir.g-:on. Ga. 

R.F.D.2^, Box 40. St.Croix Falls, Wis. 

Clarksgrove, Minn. 

Oxford, Miss. 

3718 Central Ave.. Cleveland, O. 

Smithville, Okla. 



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NAME 

Priebe, Ernest 
Probst, John J. 
Puncochar, Frederick 
Rahn, Paul E. 
Rahn, Charles F. 
Rannels, James 
Ravmond, Joseph 
Reilly, James T. 
Reisen, Henry A. 
Reynolds, Warren C. 
Ro, Satturno 
Robertson, John 
Robinson, Add. 
Rohde, Maximilian 
Rosario, Semio 
Ruby, Johnson E. 
Savage, John R. 
Savage, Noral E. 
Schwandt, Gustav E. 
Shafer, Harry R. 
Shankles, William H 
Sharitte, Guy L. 
Shipley, Frank 
Silverman, Vistor 
Sizemore, Charles 
Smith, Elbert W. 
Smithyman, Samuel S 
Smolenski, Joe P. 
Stephens, Daniel L, 
Stokes, Howard B. 
Sullivan, Charles L. 
Summer, Carl H. 
Sweenev, John A. 
Taylor, Noah L. 
Thayer, Robert E. 
Vanek, Anton 
Vasilopoulus, And. 
Verlin, Edmund J. 
Vogelin, Emil 
Webster, Rollie 
Welch, Harlow 
Wisotzki, Gustav E. 
Wood, Jordan A. 
Wrzesinski, Walter 
Wright, Albert C. 
Yanisch, Joe N. 
Zingale, Salvatore 
Zvorak, George 



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2911 Tampa Ave., Cleveland, O. 
721 E. Monument St., Dayton, O. 
427 N. Col'bus St., Alexandria, Va. 
Des Allemands, La. 
415 Fairview Ave., Brooklyri, N. Y. 
45 Pine St., Bridgeton, N. J. 
1065 Taylor St., Chicago, 111. 
726 Manhattan Ave., B'klyn, N. Y. 
Plattville, Wis. 
St. Just, Va. 

7811 Craig St., Holmesburg, Pa. 
933 E. 144th St., Cleveland, O. 
Anderson, N. C. 

6220 S. Carpenter St., Chicago, 111. 
15 E. 3rd St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
R. F. D. No. 2, Birds Run, O. 
13 Holly St., Onancock, Va. 
China St., Box 621, Crooksville, O. 
45 Way St., Berea, O. 
Gettysburg, O. 
Umpire, Ark. 
Box 35, Harper, O. 
219 W. Moore St., Independence Mo. 
1126 W. 13th St., Chicago, 111. 
Saliersville, Ky. 
Dublin, Va. 

989 E. 74th St, Cleveland, O. 
8502 Sowinski Ave., Cleveland, O. 
Ybor City, Tampa, Fla. 
3147 Prospect Ave., Qeveland, O. 
Foster, O. 

1926 Robinson Ave., Portsmouth, O. 
1068 S. Main St., Akron, O. 
45 7th St., Greenville, S. C. 
Prince George, Va. 
5301 Eliza Ave., Cleveland, O. 
4314 Cottage Grove Ave., Chi'go, 111. 
407 Rockton Ave., Rockford, 111. 
2519 E. 71st St., Cleveland, O. 
202 30th St, Laonia, Ky. 
Chelsea, Mich. 

2505 W. 11th PL, Cleveland, O. 
R. F. D. 2, Petersburg, Va. 
2319 Lubec St, Chicago, 111. 
Decatur, Ark. 

1241 Rice St., St. Paul, Minn. 
1949 E. 126th St., Cleveland, O. 
Russell, Minn. 



COMPANY "M" 



Adelman, William F.Pvt. 1st CI. 

Albert, Dominic Pvt. 

Anderson, Richard N.Pvt. 

Avery, William Pvt. 1st CI. 
Banaszak. Michael Pvt. 

Beams, David A., Jr. Cpl. 

Beguhl, Harry G. Pvt. 1st Q. 

Bell, Frank L. Pvt. 

Bjorkman, Adolph Pvt. 



4173 Ridge Ave., Phila, Pa. 

1439 E. 59th St, Cleveland, O. 

Redwood, Va. 

26 Franklin Ave., Greer, S. C. 

6215 Coles Ave., Chicago, 111. 

R. F. D. 2, Coldwater, O. 

Box 13, Dupree, S. D. 

319 Middle Bk. Pk., Knoxville, Tenn. 

504 Central Av., Minneapolis, Minn. 



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233 



NAME 

Bjomstedt, Julius S. 
Block, Albert K. 
Boersig, Henry A, 
Boggs, Clifford 
Bonner, James E. 
Borgerson, Gunard W, 
Booher, Jacob 
Bryant, Ben. J. 
Budd, Alfred H. 
Bullen, Ray W. 
Burdin, John W. 
Byrd, William C. 
Cahaney, John 
Carter, William D. 
Cermak, Wesley W. 
Chronister, Walter F, 
Clark, Walter M. 
Claybrook, Jesse G. 
Collins, Sam 
Crouch, Fred. H. 
Daniels, Treffle 
Dansick. Peter 
Davis, Harry L. 
Davis, John F. 
Dempsey, William M, 
Dietl, Henry A. 
DiFranco, Dominico 
Donley, Oliver F. 
Dooner, Michael J. 
Eastman, Charles F. 
Eastwood, James F. 
Edmonds, Kirkland L 
Fighley, Carlos H. 
Fisher,^ John M. 
Franklin, James L. 
Futrell, Samuel W. 
Galpine, Percy 
Gillespie, Ralph S. 
Gleichenhaus, Sam 
Goode, Thos. V. 
Grogan, Garfield J'. 
Hagstedt, Erik H. 
Haines, Ernest S. 
Hankinson, Rich. H. 
Hanus, Jerry F. 
Harden, Clarence L. 
Haynes, Victor 
Head, Maurice H. 
Heller, Milo A. 
Holly, John 
Hiatt, Vaughn M. 
Honert, Joseph 
Horn, Joseph 
Hudgins. Carlton C. 
Hunt, Henry E. 
Jackson, Robert F. 
Jackson, Samuel L. 
Janeszko, Joseph 
Jarvis, Levi H. 
Jones, Garland R. 



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Sgt. 

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Cpl. 

Sgt. 

Bug. 

Sgt. 

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Pvt. 

Cook 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

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Pvt. 

Sgt. 

Pvt. 

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Pvt. 

Cpl. 

Pvt. 

Cpl. 

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Pvt. 

Cook 

Mech. 

Pvt. 

Pvt. 

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Pvt. 

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Cook 

Pvt. 1st CI. 

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Box 65, R.F.D.2, Underwood, Minn. 
R. F. D. 4, Hutchinson, Minn. 
3424 Wade Ave., Cleveland, O. 
Waterloo, O. 
Harris, Ga. 

1708 Portland Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 
Coffeen. 111. 
Binns Hall, Va. 
Millersburg, O. 

401 N. Ash St., Greenville, Tenn. 
Forks of Elkhorn, Ky, 
Lakeview, S. C. 
U. S. Army. 
Kaymoore, W. Va. 
Humboldt, Ariz. 
Nelson, Va. 

1036 9th St., W. Huntington, W. Va. 
R. F. D. 3, Stoneville, N. C. 
1306 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, O. 
Saluda, S. C. 
Lake Linden, Mich. 
R. F. D. 2, Hatley, Wis. 
King and Queen Co., Shanghai, Va. 
Belmont Ave., Charlottesville, Va. 
220 Ontario Apt., Washington, D. C. 
1317 N. 7th St., Mankato, Minn. 
10717 Franklin Ave., Cleveland, O. 
New Straitsville, O. 
3225 Tasker St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
R.F.D. 32,N.Hudson, St. Croix, Wis. 
R. F. D. 6, Centremoreland, Pa. 
122 E. High St., Norfolk, Va. 
R. F. D. 5, Caldwell, O. 
R. F. D. 2, Box 42, Friedens, Pa. 
R. F. D. 2, Sindges, Va. 
Potecari, N. C. 

1210 Jinette St., Augusta, Ga. 
Box 67, Springhill, Va. 
3193 E. 8th St., Topeka, Kan. 
Hot Springs, N. C. 
536 W. 159th St., New York. 
2216 Karlov Ave., Chicago, 111. 
1233 Brown St., Dayton, O. 
R. F. D. 1, Ashburn, Ga. 
1410 S. Karlov Ave., Chicago, 111. 
409 N. 30th St., Richmond, Va. 
1620 Shelby Ave., Mattoon, 111. 
R. F. D. 5, Carlinville, 111. 
R. F. D. 1, Geneva, Ind. 
R. F. D. 4, Columbia, Ala. 
Satsunw, Fla. 

3125 Indiana Ave., Chicago, 111. 
4441 W. End Ave., Chicago, 111. 
317 Duke St., Norfolk, Va. 
Miller, O. 

R. F. D. 2, Jerroldstown, Tenn. 
405 Tathell St., Savannah, Ga. 
1922 Armitage Ave., Chicago, 111, 
Moffetts, Va. 
Ivanhoe, Va. 



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NAME IL\XK 

Jones. John S. Pvt. 

Jordon, William E. Pvt. 

kays. Enoch B. Cpl. 

Krupka. Matusz Pvt. 

Kruk, Bronislaw Pvt. 

Kline, Henry A. Cpl. 

Kurtz. Bernard T. Pvt. 

Lee, William E. ' Pvt. 1st CI. 

Lewis, Guv Pvt. 

Little, Robert X. Cpl. 

Lomac. Charles M. Pvt. 

Lore, Baldassaro Pvt. 

Lowe. Tames Pvt. 

Ludick.' William Pvt. 

Majewski, Julius J. Cpl. 
Marcellus, Wilson V.Cpl. 
McClintock, Oak'v D.Pvt. 

McGill, Warren H. Sgt. 

Messer. William Pvt. 1st CI. 

Milan. Bamev H. Sgt. 1st CI. 

Milev, George C. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Miller. Raymond P\-t. 1st CI. 

Moore John L. Pvt. 

Murphy, Weaver ^L Pvt. 1st CI. 

Murrav, Finnic A. Pvt. 

Newco'mb, Rav C. Pvt. 1st CI. 
Xewland, Walter W.Pvt. 

Nichols, James Pvt. 

Xikols, Thomas Pvt. 

Xovotney, Michael Pv-t. 1st CI. 
Xowakowski. Walter Pvt. 

O'Brien. George W. Pit. 1st CI. 

Oetzel, Charles O. Sgt. 

Orofino, Prospero Cpl. 

Pacuola, Umberto Pvt. 1st CI. 

Parker. George Pvt. 1st CI. 

Parkison, Wm. F. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Pawlicke, Peter Pvt. 

Peters. Johann Pvt. 

Petsche, Frank J. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Petzold, Robert L. Cpl. 

Pfund, Will Pvt. 

Ponsetti. Mike Pvt. 1st CI. 

Poole. Charles H. Cpl. 

Powell, John H. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Price, Verne A. Pvt. 
Prescott. Lawson W.Pvt. 

Quay. Lewis Y. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Quinn, Damon Pvt. 1st CI. 

Raesler, John Sgt. 

Rankine, James F. Pvt. 

Rakowski. Albe-t Pvt. 1st CI. 

Reese. Frank R. Pvt. 

Rich. Willie Cpl. 

Rodelli, John B. Pvt. 

Rodv. Gustif Pvt. 

Rogers, C. B. Pvt 

Rogers. John T. Pvt. 1st CI. 

Rybka, Joseph Pvt, 

Salewski, Caspar J. Pvt. 

St. Pierre. Marcus Pvt. 1st CI. 



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1000 Va. Ave., Washington, D. C. 
Middleburg, Va. 
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140 Stanislaus St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
8552 Muskegon Ave., Chicago, 111. 
107 W. Long St., Akron, O. 
R. F. D. 2, Berea, O. 
Carlinville. 111. 
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336 W. 64th St.. Chicago, 111. 
1116 Jefferson Ave., Utica. X. Y. 
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Judson. Ind. 
Leighton, Ky. 
Tifton. Ga. 
Lexington, Va. 
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Tavlor Springs, O. 
R. 'F. D. 2, Burgaw, N. C. 
Grafton, O. 
Wavnefield, O. 
Clio', W. Va. 

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8221 Pulaski Ave., Cleveland, O. 
Hamilton. X. Y. 
427 W. 5th St., Centralia, 111. 
248 Carlton St., Youngstown O. 
3128 Clark Ave., Cleveland, O. 
1003 Parkview Ave., Youngstown, O. 
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2330 Caledonia St., E. Toledo,. O. 
631 Quebec St. X. W. Wash., D. C. 
Fayette, O. 
Christopher, 111. 
Moweaqua, 111. 
Covington, O. 
St Elmo, 111. 
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1957 Warren St., Toledo, O. 
209 S. Ohio Ave., Sidney, O. 
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1015 Fairview Ave., Youngstown, O. 
3256 Erin Ave., Cleveland, O. 
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6800 Foreman Ave., Cleveland, O. 
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Sanford, Burnett M. 
Scamulfo, Peter 
Schellenger, Clyde 
Schemenauer. Clar. L 
Schmidt, Walter K 
Schmitt, William P 
Schreck, John J. 
Schwartz, Frank F. 
Severns, Harrv O. 
Shafer, Fred F. 
Shockey, Neil 
Shuff, Hazel 
Siggins, Donald H. 
Simonton, John F. 
Skaggs, Robert W. 
Smith, Angelo 
Smith, Nelson I. 
Smith, Roy 
Southard, Burgess 
Sowder, James L. 
Sparks. Tate 
St. Clair, Wilbur H. 
Stanfield. Fielden 
Stern, Albert 
Stevens, David 
Stoker, Ludwick H. 
Streicher, Edwin A. 
Sutter, Charles 
Swanson, Albert 
Swanson, George H 
Szczechowiak, Jos. 
Szczpanski, Josef 
Talbott, Harry C. 
Tatem, Nate 
Taylor, David F. 
Taylor, James J. 
Thiess, Elwood W. 
Thompson, Robert 
Timm, Fred 
Tippie, Lewis 
Treptew, Harry J. 
Turner, James C. 
Turner, Lawrence O 
Vanfleteren, Hector 
Verlaney, Phillip C. 
Vining, Earl T. 
Voltz, Ernest V. 
Wade, Herbert 
Wagner, Henry H. 
Wallace. Joe 
Wears, Kenneth 
Werner, Thomas R. 
Wetzel. Joseph W. 
Wheeler, Harry C. 
White, John C. 
Whitaker, George N 
Williams, Frank D. 
Williams, Hassie 
Williams, William L, 
Wilson, Charles F. 
Wilson, John L. 



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710 Perry St., Sandusky, O. 

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Charleston, 111. 

Larue, O. 

Trimble, 111. 

469 S. Central ^Ave., Lima, O. 

Wevaco, W. Va. 

5 Porter St., Sharon, Pa. 

Keyesport, 111. 

R. F. D. 2, Romont. W. Va. 

13 Waverly Court. Chicago, 111. 

604 Poplar St., Kunton, O. 

New Haven, 111. 

Syria, Va. 

Foverdale. Va. 

2320 8th St., Portsmouth, Va. 

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Louisville, 111. 

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Green Mt., N. C. 

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1855 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, Minn. 

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445 Earlev Rd. .Youngstown, O. 

631 W. Fayette St., Martins F'ry, O. 

Elizabeth St.. Charleston, W. Va. 

1817 N. Washington St, Chicago, 111. 

Little Hocking, O. 

Kukuna, Wis. 

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40 State St., Norwalk, O. 

2719 Railroad St., Duluth, Minn. 

385 Willow St., Akron, O. 

Celina, O. 

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Park Ave., I>anville, Va. 

627 1st Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 

4031 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

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Sabina, Texas. 

Canaanville, O. 

Hayne, N. C. 

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NAME RAINK 

Wineborner, Harvey Pvt, 
Wirth, Oscar C. Sgt. 
Wisniewski, Paul Pvt. 

Wisotzke, Carl C. Cpl. 

Wolf, George Sgt. 

Wren Roy F. Pvt. 

Yake, Frank L. Cpl. 

Zabrowski, H. Joseph Pvt. 
Zelenka, Edward Pvt. 

Zion, Stanley A. Pvt. 1st CI. 



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141^ Prospect St., Ashtabula, O. 
3974 E. 66th St., Cleveland, O. 
2212 W. 19th St., Chicago, 111. 
39 Niece Ave., Toledo, O. 



Davis, Lee B. 
Parker, Warren B. 
Miehls, Edward B. 
Denster, Arthur L. 
Hicks, Clifford J. 
McConville, Owen 



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Columbus, Miss. 

4214 E. 111th St., Cleveland, O. 

709 W. High St., Uma, O. 

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Armstrong, Chas. W. 
Atkinson, William J'. 
Beck, Arvid G. 
Bennett, Thomas T. 
Branscome, Dave 
Coleman, Lawrence C. 
Dice, Sandy 
Eagan, Michael V. 
Ellis, Harry VV. 
Filion, Ernest L. 
Oilman, Frank J. 
Hady, Clyde F. 
Ham, Bennett 
Hero, Joseph F. 
Hinkle, Jasper 
Hofler, Knud A. 
Hopkins, Amos C. 
Jameson, Lacy L. 
Jayne, Roy 
Jeans, Robert H. 
Keele, Elmer D. 
Keister, Forest L. 
Knepp, John E. 
Ladeaux, Warren 
Lawrin, Gus 
Lewis, Snowden F. 
Lipscomb, Rufus M. 
Lubs, Kerwin C. 
Lyons, James F. 
Malanson, Charles E, 
Maroney, Daniel W. 
Martin, Otho F. 
McClung, Samuel M. 
Mclntire, Allen J.,Jr, 



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Mill Creek, W. Va. 

2232 Oakford St., Phila., Pa. 

314 20th Ave., W. Duluth, Minn. 

Witmer, W. Va. 

Box 47, R. F. D. 5, Willie, Va. 

Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. 

Benlush, W. Va. 

Parlin, N. J. 

207 Granby St., Norfolk, Va. 

New Haven Mills, Vt. 

961 Ridge Rd., Lackawanna, N. Y. 

Dry Fork, W. Va. 

Geer, Va. 

6 Morse St., Natick, Mass. 

Spruce, W. Va. 

South Omaha, Neb. 

Clearwater, Neb. 

Hinton, W. Va. 

Sheet Mountain, W. Va. 

1700 Gold'n Gate Av.,San Fran., Cal. 

luka. 111. 

82 School St., Galeton, Pa. 

Albert, W. Va. 

26 Willard St., Akron, O. 

Box 135, Minden, W. Va. 

Grant, W. Va. 

Leadmine, W. Va. 

Arcadia, Wis. 

825 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, Md. 

Sterling St., Lancaster, Mass. 

1909 E. 14th St., Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Clint, Monroe Co., W. Va. 

Pittman, W. Va. 

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NAME 
McQuain, Charles P. 
Murphy, George W. 
Nolte, George F. 
Pressman, James H. 
Robertson, Archie F. 
Reems, Percy M. 
Reisley, Bayard I. 
Ruhl, Edward W. 
Slonneger, Willis D, 
Snow, Raymond C. 
Tollis, Vito 
Tomberlin, Lee A. 
Troester, John L. 
Weber, Walter P. 
West, Earl 
White, Charles E. 



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625 Jackson Ave., Bronx, New York. 

Pine River, Minn. 

Washington, 111. 

1902 Gleason Rd., E. Cleveland, O. 

Pierce, W. Va. 

R. F. D. 8, Monroe, N. C. 

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